Trees as Filters of Radioactive Fallout from the Chernobyl Accident
James D. Brownridge, Noel K. Yeh
TL;DR
This study investigates how red maple trees filter radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident, providing insights potentially applicable to Fukushima-affected forests.
Contribution
It presents an unpublished analysis of red maple trees' filtering effects on radioactive fallout, offering new understanding of forest interactions with nuclear contamination.
Findings
Red maple trees can significantly reduce radioactive fallout levels.
The study offers insights relevant to Fukushima forest contamination.
Implications for forest management post-nuclear accidents.
Abstract
This paper is a copy of an unpublished study of the filtering effect of red maple trees (acer rubrum) on fission product fallout near Binghamton, NY, USA following the 1986 Chernobyl accident. The conclusions of this work may offer some insight into what is happening in the forests exposed to fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant accident. This posting is in memory of Noel K. Yeh.
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Taxonomy
TopicsLichen and fungal ecology · Radioactive contamination and transfer · Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies