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Studies on the radionuclear contamination of forests caused by the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 show that as of the year 1992, in the Bryansk Region, 84% of the radionuclides (averaged over all the forest types examined) have been concentrated in the forest fuels of soil cover and forest litter. The specific radioactivity of the debris, litter, moss and grass is much higher than that of the tree crown fuels. As for the crown fuels, it is their bark that accounts for the highest content of radionuclides.
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Dusha-Gudym, S.I. (1996). The Effects of Forest Fires on the Concentration and Transport of Radionuclides. In: Goldammer, J.G., Furyaev, V.V. (eds) Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Forestry Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8737-2_43
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