Ecosystem effects in the lake affected by the Kyshtym accident

IF 1.9 3区环境科学与生态学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Journal of environmental radioactivity Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2025.107641

S.V. Fesenko

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Abstract

The ecosystems of two similar lakes, located at different distances from the Mayak chemical plant, were compared to evaluate the potential ecosystem effects of radiation exposure on hydrobionts (phytoplankton, zooplankton, and zoobenthos). Uruskul Lake, the first lake, experienced significant radiation exposure due to the Kyshtym accident in 1957, while the second lake exhibited radiation levels close to background values. The radiation doses received by the aquatic organisms inhabiting Uruskul Lake are presented, and the long-term effects of irradiation on hydrobionts of this lake are discussed.

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Journal of environmental radioactivity 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

13.00%

发文量

209

审稿时长

73 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Radioactivity provides a coherent international forum for publication of original research or review papers on any aspect of the occurrence of radioactivity in natural systems. Relevant subject areas range from applications of environmental radionuclides as mechanistic or timescale tracers of natural processes to assessments of the radioecological or radiological effects of ambient radioactivity. Papers deal with naturally occurring nuclides or with those created and released by man through nuclear weapons manufacture and testing, energy production, fuel-cycle technology, etc. Reports on radioactivity in the oceans, sediments, rivers, lakes, groundwaters, soils, atmosphere and all divisions of the biosphere are welcomed, but these should not simply be of a monitoring nature unless the data are particularly innovative.