Critical Pathways of Radionuclides to Man from Agro-Ecosystems.

摘要

The research program has as its primary objective the description of the fate and behavior of radionuclides released to the environment from nuclear fuel chemical separations facilities. It can be grouped into two general modes of scientific approach: (1) controlled environment greenhouse uptake experiments and (2) field studies. Both modes utilize the uniquely contaminated soils and/or the ongoing operations of the separations facilities at the SRP. The greenhouse experiments seek to determine the long-term availability of radionuclides to agricultural plants from soils contaminated by a chemical separations facility.