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OBSERVATIONS POST-CHERNOBYL POUR LE
SECTEUR ROUMAIN DE LA MER NOIRE


V. Patrascu

Institute Roumain de Recherches Marines Constanta

Abstract
This paper presents a synthesis of the post-Chernobyl observations
and of the significance of the nuclear accident for the Romanian
Black Sea sector. The marine processes have mitigated its impact in
that environment which recovered rapidly. We have noticed 
concentrations of 90Sr (CFs  10/2) and 137Cs (CFs  10/3) in the
bottom sediment. The population has been exposed to small doses
(<1.2 man.Sv external and <24.3 man.Sv internal for 1986; < 0.1
man.Sv internal for 1991). In 1986 the hereditary risk was
<2.4x10/-7 for riparian inhabitant.

Key words: marine radioecology, Chernobyl, Black Sea