[The soil content of cesium-137 in the Republic of Altai due to nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk testing site]. 2009

N A Meshkov, and E A Val'tseva

Radioactive fall-outs from the atmospheric nuclear weapon tests carried out at the Semipalatinsk testing site have resulted in local soil pollution with 137Cs in the Republic of Altai. The subjects of the investigations were the main types of soils from North and Central Altai. In the Republic of Altai, the share of 137Cs in the upper (0-5 cm) soil layer has been established to be 54.6% in the Turochaksky district to 92.1% in the Ulagansky district. By taking into account the fact that the major activity of 137Cs has been accumulated in the 0.5-cm surface layer, its may be expected that there will be its rather separation with a fine-dispersed surface material In this connection, 137Cs can enter the organism with inhaled dust due to deflation during soil eolation. The inhalation of 137Cs by the dwellers of the areas that have been exposed to irradiation during nuclear weapon tests at the Semipalatinsk testing site continues to be also important today.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002588 Cesium Radioisotopes Unstable isotopes of cesium that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Cs atoms with atomic weights of 123, 125-132, and 134-145 are radioactive cesium isotopes. Radioisotopes, Cesium
D004782 Environmental Health The science of controlling or modifying those conditions, influences, or forces surrounding man which relate to promoting, establishing, and maintaining health. Environmental Health Science,Health, Environmental,Environmental Health Sciences,Environmental Healths,Health Science, Environmental,Health Sciences, Environmental,Healths, Environmental,Science, Environmental Health,Sciences, Environmental Health
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012800 Siberia A region, north-central Asia, largely in Russia. It extends from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and from the Arctic Ocean to central Kazakhstan and the borders of China and Mongolia. Russian S.F.S.R., Asian,Russian Federation (Asia)
D012990 Soil Pollutants, Radioactive Pollutants, present in soil, which exhibit radioactivity. Pollutants, Radioactive Soil,Radioactive Soil Pollutants
D054043 Nuclear Weapons A weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission and/or fusion. Atomic Bombs,Bombs, Atomic,Bombs, Hydrogen,Hydrogen Bombs,Nuclear Weapons Testing,Dirty Bombs,Atomic Bomb,Bomb, Atomic,Bomb, Dirty,Bomb, Hydrogen,Bombs, Dirty,Dirty Bomb,Hydrogen Bomb,Nuclear Weapon,Nuclear Weapons Testings,Testing, Nuclear Weapons,Testings, Nuclear Weapons,Weapon, Nuclear,Weapons Testing, Nuclear,Weapons Testings, Nuclear,Weapons, Nuclear

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