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Fallout from the accident at the Chernobyl NPP in 1986 revealed the potential of forests in Belarus as an accumulator of radioactivity. The forest ecosystem proved to be a natural barrier to the flux of radionuclides, preventing this redistribution. Of the Belorussian woodland (each one-quarter hectare) is radioactive-contaminated. A 137Cs contamination density of soil exceeding 1 Ci/km2 is typical for a million hectares.
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Dvornik, A., Zhuchenko, T. (1999). Model Forestlife and Prediction of Radioactive Contamination of Forests in Belarus. In: Linkov, I., Schell, W.R. (eds) Contaminated Forests. NATO Science Series, vol 58. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4694-4_20
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