ACTUAL CONDITION OF RADIOACTIVELY POLLUTED AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF POLISSIA ZONE, ZHYTOMYR REGION

Authors

  • С. П. Ковальова The Head of the Laboratory of Soils Ecological Safety, Environment and Production Quality Zhytomyr Branch of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Soils Protection Institute”, Ukraine
  • О. В. Ільніцька The Leading Specialist The Laboratory of Experimental Researches, Geoinformatic Systems and Data Processing Zhytomyr Branch of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Soils Protection Institute”, Ukraine
  • І. М. Рубан The Chief Agrochemist The Laboratory of Soils Ecological Safety, Environment and Production Quality Zhytomyr Branch of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Soils Protection Institute”, Ukraine

Keywords:

agricultural lands, monitoring, long-live radionuclides, density of pollution, 137Cs, 90Sr, soils samples

Abstract

The levels of radioactive pollution in Ukraine caused by Chernobyl accident; demand running permanent monitoring of agricultural lands on the subject of radionuclides’ migration to the food. In the article there are results of contemporary condition study of agricultural lands in two districts; the territory of which were polluted with the highest levels among all the districts of Zhytomyr region. The research took place during 2011-2016 and has been done by Zhytomyr branch of Ukrainian Soils Protection Institute. The results of the research showed absence of soils polluted with density higher than 555 kBq/m2 of137Cs and 111 kBq/m2 of 90Sr. Nevertheless; in some districts levels of pollution are still abnormal; though the average levels of pollution have got lower during time after accident. In average in the region for agricultural lands they are 13-71 kBq/m2 of 137Cs (depending on district) and 0.9-3.5 kBq/m2 of 90Sr. In the future researches it would be reasonable to pay more attention to more complex study of the territory including not only currently used agricultural lands but also those which are temporarily out of usage.

Author Biography

С. П. Ковальова, The Head of the Laboratory of Soils Ecological Safety, Environment and Production Quality Zhytomyr Branch of the State Enterprise “Ukrainian Soils Protection Institute”

к.с.-г.н., завідувач лабораторії екологічної безпеки земель

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Published

2017-06-20

How to Cite

Ковальова, С. П., Ільніцька, О. В., & Рубан, І. М. (2017). ACTUAL CONDITION OF RADIOACTIVELY POLLUTED AGRICULTURAL LANDS OF POLISSIA ZONE, ZHYTOMYR REGION. Podilian Bulletin: Agriculture, Engineering, Economics, 1(26), 72–79. Retrieved from http://pb.pdatu.edu.ua/article/view/115484