The risk of dose limits excess on the ecosystem elements calculation using the ERICA tool

Authors

  • O. Pareniuk National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine image/svg+xml
  • I. Davudova Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31548/bio2018.05.002

Keywords:

іонізуюче опромінення, радіонуклідне забруднення, розрахунок дозового навантаження

Abstract

The possibilities of using the ERICA tool software to calculate the dose load on the ecosystem were analyzed. The expediency of using the software to optimize the sampling process in ecosystems with different levels of pollution has been determined. Within the framework of the work, the specific activity of samples of soil and blueberry plants, which were collected on the territory of the Chernobyl exclusion zone with different levels of contamination, was measured. It is determined that the highest contamination, and, consequently, the highest dose of external and internal iradiation in the ecosystem is formed on the territory of the TPRAW Red Forest.

Keywords:  ionizing radiation, radionuclide contamination, calculation of dose rate

Author Biographies

  • O. Pareniuk, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
    старший науковий співробітник кафедри радіобіології та радіоекології
  • I. Davudova, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University
    доцент кафедри екології

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Published

2018-12-29

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 5-6 (2018)

Section

Biology

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