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The aim of this work is to study the regularities of 137Cs and other radionuclides accumulation in the aquatic vegetation in the territory of the South-Ural biogeochemical province of anthropogenic radioactive isotopes. We compared the accumulation of 137Cs and other radionuclides in the aquatic vegetation of lakes, a river and a technical water reservoir—a radioactive waste repository. 137Cs and 90Sr accumulation coefficients in the aquatic vegetation are very variable and can reach several thousands. The accumulation coefficients of 137Cs in the aquatic vegetation are in most cases notably higher than of 90Sr. The hydatophytes and hydrophytes don’t differ conceptually in the ability to concentrate radionuclides but in general rooted plants accumulate significantly less 90Sr and 137Cs than unrooted plants. The entry of radionuclides through the roots and the pollution level of bottom silt apparently don’t have a great impact on Ca of 90Sr and 137Cs in the aquatic vegetation. However, it can be assumed that as a result of coastline transgression, the degree of hydrophytes submergence and accordingly, the value of radionuclides entry into a plant through its roots can vary. The type of water reservoir apparently doesn’t have a great impact on radionuclides accumulation in plants. The most important factors of radionuclides accumulation are apparently weather conditions, sampling point and time that passed after the water reservoir pollution.
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Popova, I.Y., Kazachonok, N.N. (2017). Regularities of Accumulation of Cs-137 and Other Radionuclides in Aquatic Vegetation in the Territory of the South-Ural Biogeochemical Province of Techno-genic Radioactive Isotopes. In: Gupta, D., Walther, C. (eds) Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41525-3_11
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