Specific Activity of Radionuclides in Soils Disturbed by Forest Fires

• Autorzy: Popovych Vasyl , Henyk Yaroslav , Gapalo Andriy , Bosak Pavlo , Popovych Nataliya

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/148191

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Fires in natural ecosystems have a detrimental effect on all biota components. In the global scale, many scientific studies of prominent scientists are devoted to this topic. It should be noted that scientists have always been interested in the influence of thermal destruction of soil genetic horizons on the specific activity of radionuclides. Most of these studies began after the Chernobyl (1986) and Fukushima (2011) radiation disasters. The conducted research is focused on the specific activity of radionuclides due to the thermal effects of fires in natural ecosystems. It has been established that the edaphotopes affected by fires are naturally restored causing the restoration of soil formation processes. The specific activity of radionuclides decreases with the duration of the ground fire. Comparing the obtained data with the regulatory documentation, it was found that they do not exceed the minimum significant activity of radionuclides in the workplace. However, the increased activity of radionuclides in soils has a detrimental effect on the ecological condition and flora and fauna development. During the fire season in natural ecosystems and forests, careless handling of fire should be avoided and preventive measures should be taken to inform the public about the harmful effects of wildfire.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

forest fire; fire danger; radionuclides; soil pollution

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2022
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 6
• Strony: 265--270
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 12 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Popovych Vasyl

• Institute of Civil Protection, Lviv State University of Life Safety, Kleparivska Str. 35, Lviv, 79007, Ukraine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2857-0147

autor

Henyk Yaroslav

• Ukrainian National Forestry University, G. Chyprynky Str., 103, Lviv, 79057, Ukraine

autor

Gapalo Andriy

• Institute of Civil Protection, Lviv State University of Life Safety, Kleparivska Str. 35, Lviv, 79007, Ukraine

autor

Bosak Pavlo

• Institute of Civil Protection, Lviv State University of Life Safety, Kleparivska Str. 35, Lviv, 79007, Ukraine

autor

Popovych Nataliya

• Lviv Department of the National Ecological Center of Ukraine, O. Kobylanskoi Str. 1, Lviv, 79005, Ukraine

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