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Role of the fungal mycelium in the retention of radiocaesium in forest soils

Vinichuk MM, Johanson KJ, Rosen K, Nilsson I

Sammanfattning

The aim of this work was to study possible binding of Cs-137 to various organic components in the soil and fungi, by using various sequential extraction procedures. The retention and binding of Cs-137 has been studied in two horizons O-f/O-h and A(h)/B of a Ukrainian forest soil. The exchangeable fractions Cs-137 from soil (sum of H2O and 1 M NH4OAc fraction) were found to be 12% in the organic-rich layer (range 11-14%) and 23% in the organic-poor (range 20-29%). The hydrolysis with 10% H2SO4 resulted in an additional release of 30% of Cs-137 from the organic-rich soil (range 30-35%) and 38% from the organic-poor soil horizon (range 27-53%). Extraction with 30% H2O2 released 11 and 15% of the Cs-137 activity from organic-rich and organic-poor soil horizons. The corresponding values for treatment with 98.8% NaOCl were about 27% in both types of soil. About 11% of the total Cs-137 activity was found in the humic acid fraction, about 5% in the fulvic fraction and 46% in the residue fraction. Relatively high level of Cs-137 activity in soil (ca. 50%) was thus still left unsolved in the residue fraction. About 29% of Cs-137 activity concentration in fungal mycelia was found as water soluble with a range of 11 to 41%. Additionally 24% of the Cs-137 activity from mycelia was released by 1 M ammonium acetate extraction. Together, water and 1 M ammonium acetate extraction released about 53% of the total Cs-137 activity in the mycelia. In fruit bodies of mycorrhizal fungi, 68% of the total Cs-137 inventory was found to be water soluble at room temperature and 93% at 80degreesC. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

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Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
2005, Volym: 78, nummer: 1, sidor: 77-92
Utgivare: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

      SLU författare

      • Rosén, Klas

        • Institutionen för markvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

        • Nilsson, Ingvar

          • Institutionen för markvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

        UKÄ forskningsämne

        Jordbruksvetenskap
        Miljö- och naturvårdsvetenskap

        Publikationens identifierare

        DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.02.008

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        https://res.slu.se/id/publ/9190