ARTIFICIAL RADIONUCLIDES IN THE PLANT COVER OF TEST LOCATIONS OF RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS AT THE ‘4’ SITE

The article presents data on the content of artificial radionuclides ²⁴¹Am, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr and ^239+240Pu in the plant cover of the ‘4’ site at test locations of radiological warfare agents (RWA). The excess of the maximum permissible level of radioactive contamination in forage plants is recorded for ⁹⁰Sr, the content of which varies from 7.6 to 18000 Bq/kg. The maximum value of overall dose rate for the herbaceous vegetation from radionuclides of interest is 220 µGy/day, with ⁹⁰Sr making the main contribution.

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