Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria
The aim of the present study was to determine the degree of accumulation in certain agricultural plants of uranium from soil collected from the bowl of Buhovo tailing pond near former uranium processing plant “Metallurg” in Bulgaria. The measured specific activities of uranium isotopes in soil we...
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| author | Radoslava Lazarova Ivanka Yordanova Donka Staneva |
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| description | The aim of the present study was to determine the degree of accumulation in certain
agricultural plants of uranium from soil collected from the bowl of Buhovo tailing pond near
former uranium processing plant “Metallurg” in Bulgaria. The measured specific activities of
uranium isotopes in soil were: 238U - 2489 Bq/kg, 235U - 117 Bq/kg and 234U - 2107 Bq/kg.
Vessel vegetation trials were carried out with three varieties of barley (F-173, F-210,
„Veslets”), triticale, chard, sorrel, arugula and maize on the collected soil. The highest soil to
plant transfer coefficients were determined in leafy greens (238U: 2,53.10-3 - 5,97.10-3 ; 235U:
2,56.10-3 - 6,07.10-3 ; 234U : 2,96.10 -3 - 6,06.10-3 ), lower in cereals (238U: 1,32.10-3 - 1,99.10-3
; 235U: 1,50.10-3 - 2,09.10-3 ; 234U : 1.57.10-3 - 2.49.10-3 ) and the lowest in maize (238U: .50.10-3 ; 235U: 0.56.10-3 ; 234U: 0.59.10-3 ). For leafy plants, the transfer factors for arugula and chard were up to three times higher than those for sorrel. Comparing different barley varieties, up to 50% lower accumulation was found in barley F173 than in other varieties tested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30c2d0b5c5a3465aadf3dbc7427ab1b92022-12-21T20:06:15ZengBulgarian Soil Science SocietyBulgarian Journal of Soil Science2534-87872367-92122020-12-015211011610.5281/zenodo.4318728Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, BulgariaRadoslava Lazarova0Ivanka Yordanova1Donka Staneva 2“N. Poushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria“N. Poushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria“N. Poushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, Sofia, BulgariaThe aim of the present study was to determine the degree of accumulation in certain agricultural plants of uranium from soil collected from the bowl of Buhovo tailing pond near former uranium processing plant “Metallurg” in Bulgaria. The measured specific activities of uranium isotopes in soil were: 238U - 2489 Bq/kg, 235U - 117 Bq/kg and 234U - 2107 Bq/kg. Vessel vegetation trials were carried out with three varieties of barley (F-173, F-210, „Veslets”), triticale, chard, sorrel, arugula and maize on the collected soil. The highest soil to plant transfer coefficients were determined in leafy greens (238U: 2,53.10-3 - 5,97.10-3 ; 235U: 2,56.10-3 - 6,07.10-3 ; 234U : 2,96.10 -3 - 6,06.10-3 ), lower in cereals (238U: 1,32.10-3 - 1,99.10-3 ; 235U: 1,50.10-3 - 2,09.10-3 ; 234U : 1.57.10-3 - 2.49.10-3 ) and the lowest in maize (238U: .50.10-3 ; 235U: 0.56.10-3 ; 234U: 0.59.10-3 ). For leafy plants, the transfer factors for arugula and chard were up to three times higher than those for sorrel. Comparing different barley varieties, up to 50% lower accumulation was found in barley F173 than in other varieties tested.http://www.bsss.bg/issues/Issue2_2020/BJSS_2020_2_3.pdf234u235u238uuranium plant uptake |
| spellingShingle | Radoslava Lazarova Ivanka Yordanova Donka Staneva Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science 234u 235u 238u uranium plant uptake |
| title | Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria |
| title_full | Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria |
| title_fullStr | Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria |
| title_short | Plant Uptake of Radioactive Elements from Soils Contaminated by Uranium Mining Industry in Buhovo, Bulgaria |
| title_sort | plant uptake of radioactive elements from soils contaminated by uranium mining industry in buhovo bulgaria |
| topic | 234u 235u 238u uranium plant uptake |
| url | http://www.bsss.bg/issues/Issue2_2020/BJSS_2020_2_3.pdf |
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