Radionuclide Transport above a Near‐Surface Water Table: III. Soil Migration and Crop Uptake of Three Gamma‐Emitting Radionuclides, 1990 to 1993

Journal of Environmental Quality - Tập 30 Số 4 - Trang 1341-1353 - 2001
P. Wadey1, G. Shaw1, J.N.B. Bell2
1T.H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth Science and Engineering Berkshire SL5 7PY United Kingdom
2Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, United Kingdom

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ABSTRACTThis paper summarizes the vertical distributions of 22Na, 137Cs, and 60Co above controlled water tables in deep and shallow lysimeters during a four‐year experiment. The activity concentration profiles were all determined at the time of harvest of a winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Pastiche) crop. Activity concentrations in different crop tissues were determined and crop uptake expressed as both an inventory ratio (IR) and a transfer factor (TFw), weighted to account for root and radionuclide distributions within the soil profile. Experimental variates were subjected to analysis of variance to determine the single and combined effects of the soil depth and the year of the experiment on the results obtained. Each radionuclide showed significant variations in activity concentration with soil depth, but the significance of these variations from year to year was dependent on radionuclide. A distinction in the behavior of weakly sorbed (22Na) and more highly sorbed (137Cs and 60Co) radionuclides was observed. The former exhibited significant variations in its distribution in the soil profile from year‐to‐year whereas the latter did not. Relatively high TFw values for 22Na were maintained throughout the experiment, whereas for 137Cs and 60Co, the highest TFw values were recorded in 1990 followed by a significant decline in 1991, with TFw remaining low in 1992 and 1993. The TFw values were, in general, significantly higher for deep lysimeters than for shallow lysimeters. This is thought to provide evidence of enhanced radionuclide absorption by the relatively small fraction of roots in the vicinity of the deeper water table.

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Journal of Environmental Quality

Tập 30 Số 4

1341-1353

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