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It is shown that the plutonium concentration in the floodplain soils of the Techa-Iset’ river system is 10–100 times higher than the level attributable to the global nuclear fallout and regularly decreases with distance from the source of contamination. As follows from the Pu-90Sr and Pu-137Cs ratios, the migratory ability of Pu is higher than the migratory ability of 137Cs but lower than that of 90Sr.
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Translated from Defektoskopiya, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 74–79.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Mikhailovskaya, Molchanova, Karavaeva.
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Mikhailovskaya, L.N., Molchanova, I.V. & Karavaeva, E.N. Behavior of plutonium in floodplain soils. Russ J Nondestruct Test 41, 55–59 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11181-005-0129-2
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