RADIATION AND ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF VEGETATION OF LUTSK DISTRICT OF VOLYN REGION

Abstract

Abstract. The content of radionuclides of 137Сs, 90Sr and heavy metals in vegetation and agricultural products was found out in the settlements of Lutsk district of Volyn region. The results of our own field expeditionary research, as well as the results of generalization of stock materials of the Laboratory of Ecological Land Safety and Product Quality of the Volyn branch of the state institution “Institute for Soil Protection of Ukraine” (Lutsk) are the basis of the research. The plant products contain a small content of radioactive elements in the settlements of the Lutsk district of the Volyn region. The greatest pollution of plant products was found in the settlements of Sytnytsia and Omelіano. The content of the 137Сs, 90Sr does not exceed the maximum permissible concentrations. Exceeding the maximum permissible concentrations for the content of heavy metal salts was found in potatoes in the villages of Pozharky, Vesele. The results of the radiation-ecological study can be taken into account for the optimization of nature management and are necessary for state emergency management bodies of natural-technogenic content, for the possibility of reasonable planning and effective implementation of measures and projects for strengthening ecoenvironmental safety. The data obtained are important for the development of the National Concept to overcome the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster on the contamination of agricultural products with radionuclides and heavy metals.