Radionuclides in soils along a mountain--Basin transect in the Koratepa Mountains of Uzbekistan

Review of technologies for preventing secondary transport of soluble and particulate radiological contamination from roadways, roadside vegetation, and adjacent soils

“…To expand this limited knowledge base, it is useful to consider another scenario in which reducing environmental transport is important, namely when radiological contaminants become deposited on roadways and their surrounding areas. This can occur from erosion of natural radioactive materials and movement of contaminated sediments onto roadways ( Muminov, 2010 ), as well as anthropogenic activities such as nuclear power plant (NPP) accidents, radiological dispersion device (RDD) releases, nuclear detonations, and other various accidents. While wide area radiological contamination is a less frequent occurrence, great public awareness, interest, and sensitivity to radiological contamination has resulted in studies regarding technical effectiveness surrounding the implementation of technologies and methodologies to manage the environmental transport of radionuclides from their initial deposition on roadways, including roadside vegetation and soils.…”