Table 4 Cumulative data on leachate volume and the corresponding 90Sr activity for each studied wood and forest litter Ash with consecutive water samples, the uncertainty of leachate mass is below 1% when 90Sr activity– below 10% (for sample S IV – below 15%).

From: Regarding the possible impact of forest fires on the radioactive pollution of groundwater in the chornobyl exclusion zone

Sample

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

 

Wood samples

S II

*V, ml

3.4

8.5

13.3

18.4

23.3

43.5

62.6

83.9

104.5

121.1

**A, Bq

2.9

8.0

11.8

17.4

22.0

26.0

28.0

29.9

30.9

31.6

S III

V, ml

3.8

8.0

12.9

17.9

22.9

43.1

62.6

83.2

103.5

124.4

A, Bq

2.7

7.4

12.6

14.4

15.1

17.0

17.8

18.4

18.9

19.4

S IV

V, ml

3.76

8.79

13.8

18.7

23.7

43.3

62.6

82.1

103.4

124.7

A, Bq

0.6

1.0

1.4

1.5

1.7

2.3

2.9

3.4

3.8

4.2

S V

V, ml

3.8

8.8

13.7

18.7

23.7

45.1

64.2

84.1

102.9

123.2

A, Bq

1.8

4.9

7.8

10.3

12.8

23.2

28.9

31.8

33.4

34.4

S VI

V, ml

3.8

8.8

13.7

18.7

23.7

45.1

64.2

84.1

102.9

123.2

A, Bq

13.2

23.3

31.4

36.8

41.8

52.1

60.6

68.3

81.3

90.8

S VII

V, ml

3.3

8.5

12.9

17.9

22.9

43.0

64.0

84.4

104.0

121.4

A, Bq

4.3

7.9

9.6

11.4

12.7

19.0

23.2

28.4

34.1

38.3

 

Forest litter, 96/36

A

V, ml

4.2

9.0

14.8

19.1

24.0

43.9

64.1

84.6

102.7

123.7

A, Bq

1.3

2.3

3.0

3.5

3.9

4.8

5.5

6.0

6.3

6.8

B

V, ml

5.8

10.9

15.8

21.4

27.0

47.8

68.6

88.1

108.4

127.8

A, Bq

2.2

3.6

4.9

6.1

7.0

9.1

10.5

11.1

11.8

12.3

C

V, ml

4.0

9.1

14.1

19.1

24.1

45.6

65.9

86.1

107.0

128.1

A, Bq

15.7

30.3

36.8

40.5

43.3

50.8

54.9

58.9

61.2

64.0