Radiocesium Phytotoxicity to Single Cell and Higher Plants
The chapter presents the results of investigations of transfer, accumulation, translocation of radiocesium and its influence on bioelectrical, vegetative, generative and growth processes in test plants from single cell to whole organism. The aim of our st
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act of Cesium on Plants and the Environment
Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment
Dharmendra K. Gupta • Clemens Walther Editors
Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment
Editors Dharmendra K. Gupta Institut für Radioökologie und Strahlenschutz (IRS) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Hannover, Germany
Clemens Walther Institut für Radioökologie und Strahlenschutz (IRS) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Hannover, Germany
ISBN 978-3-319-41524-6 ISBN 978-3-319-41525-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41525-3
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Preface
Radioactive Cs (137Cs) is of special concern due to its high radioactivity and long half-life (30.2 years). Cesium has 40 isotopes, more than any other chemical element, with Cs-133 as the only naturally occurring and stable isotope. Testing of nuclear weapons and accidents at both military and civil nuclear facilities led to a large-scale release of radioactive Cs isotopes (Cs-134 and Cs-137) into the environment. 137Cs is a 235U fission product of high yield; 134Cs is an activation product. Cs is a very volatile element and distributes fast after release. Hence, 134Cs and 137Cs contribute a major part to the radiation dose to population and workers. The 137Cs release from the Chernobyl accident (8.5 × 1016 Bq) amounts to ca 10 % of the 137Cs released by atmospheric nuclear weapons testing (1 × 1018 Bq) in the 1960s; the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant added another ca 1 × 1016 Bq. The Cs+ ion is rather easily taken up by plants, animals, and humans due to its chemical similarity with K+ causing internal exposure. On the other hand, the 661 keV gamma line of its short-lived 137mBa daughter causes external r
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