A HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF RADIONUCLIDE CONTAMINATION OF THE YENISEY FLOODPLAIN BASED ON LANDSCAPE AND RADIOMETRIC SURVEY

• Published in: GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
• Main Authors: Vitaly Linnik, Elena Korobova, Justin Brown
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2013
• Subjects: radionuclides; landscape; floodplain; yenisey river; krasnoyarsk mcc; geo; envir; Kara Sea; Yenisey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2013-6-2-49-62; https://doaj.org/article/3cde0bd9d66d45a88b704aa46083c6ec

Distribution of technogenic radionuclides discharged by the Krasnoyarsk Mining and Chemical Combine (KMCC, Zheleznogorsk) in the period from 1958 to 1992 has been studied in floodplain landscapes of the Yenisey river. After shutting down the direct-flow reactors the radioactive contamination of the...