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Comparative Study of Plutonium and Radiocaesium Content in the Muscle of Fish of the Yenisey River

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This work reports the first data on the content of plutonium (239+240Pu) in the muscle tissues of the Northern pike (Esox lucius) and the Siberian dace (Leiciscus baicalensis) inhabiting the middle reaches of the Yenisey River in the vicinity of the radioactive discharge site. An increase in the content of 239+240Pu and radiocaesium (137Cs) in pike muscles followed an increase in the volume of controlled discharges of these radionuclides to the Yenisey in 2018. The content of 239+240Pu in the muscles of pike (2–11 mBq/kg dry weight) and dace (1–4 mBq/kg dry weight) of the Yenisey fall within the range of values obtained by other authors for the ichthyofauna from water bodies contaminated with radioactive discharges from nuclear power plants and spent nuclear fuel processing plants. The ratio of the activity concentrations 239+240Pu/137Cs in fish muscles, compared with the similar ratios in other hydrobionts, indicates a significantly lower bioavailability of plutonium for fish. The obtained preliminary results make it possible to consider the Northern pike as a more prospective indicator of biologically available plutonium in the Yenisey than the dace.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to P.Yu. Andrushchenko (Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) for valuable assistance in sample preparation.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Krai together with the Krasnoyarsk Krai Foundation for Support of Research and Technical Activity, project no. 20-44-240004. It was conducted according to the State Assignment to the Institute of Biophysics (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and the Institute of geology and Mineralogy (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

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  1. Institute of Biophysics, Krasnoyarsk Science Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    T. A. Zotina, D. V. Dementyev & Yu. V. Alexandrova

  2. Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia

    M. S. Melgunov

  3. Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    T. A. Zotina

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Zotina, T.A., Melgunov, M.S., Dementyev, D.V. et al. Comparative Study of Plutonium and Radiocaesium Content in the Muscle of Fish of the Yenisey River. Dokl Biol Sci 506, 141–144 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496622050179

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