RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF GROUNDWATER AT WASTE DUMP SITES IN CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE

• Date: 2020
• Main Authors: Bugai, D. О., Bayer, P., Haneke, K., Sizov, A., Tretyak, O., Kubko, Yu., Kireev, S., Molitor, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Geological Sciences, NAS of Ukraine 2020
• Subjects: Chernobyl accident; strontium-90; cesium-137; groundwater; monitoring; 556.3.04 556.314
• Online Access: http://geojournal.igs-nas.org.ua/article/view/198438
• Journal Title: Geological journal

Results are presented of groundwater contamination survey of several waste dump sites in the 10-km zone of the Chernobyl NPP containing wastes from post-accident decontamination activities (e.g., “red forest“ destroyed by extreme radiation levels in 1986). Groundwater sampling in the immediate vicin...