Barnett, C. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9723-7247; Beresford, N.; Norton, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1622-0281; Wells, C.; Wood, M.D.; Entwistle, N.; Shaw, G.; Young, S.; Kashparov, V.; Churilov, A.; Morozova, V.; Gaschak, S.; Salbu, B..
2017
RED FIRE: radioactive environment damaged by fire: a forest in recovery.
[Poster]
In: 4th International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity (ICRER), Berlin, Germany, 3-8 Sept 2017.
Berlin, Germany.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident killed a 4-6 km2 area of coniferous forest. This area, now known as the 'Red Forest', subsequently regenerated with understorey vegetation and deciduous trees; it is the most anthropogenically-contaminated radioactive ecosystem on Earth. In July 2016, a severe fire burnt c. 80% of the Red Forest to varying degrees and presented a unique opportunity to study: the effect of fire on radionuclide mobility/bioavailability; and the impact of radiation on the recovery of forest ecosystems exposed to a secondary stressor (fire).
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