Indication of Radioactive Contamination (Cs137, Sr90) in Freshwater Fish of the Irtysh River, Kazakhstan | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||||
| Article 99, Volume 29, Issue 1, January and February 2025, Page 2177-2185 PDF (330.97 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2025.412104 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Bilyalov et al. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The Semipalatinsk test site, one of the largest and the first nuclear test site on the territory of the USSR used until 1991, remains a large radioactive site with a constant threat. The content of Sr90 and Cs137 was addressed in freshwater fish caught in the Irtysh River. The purpose of the research was to determine the degree of activity of Cs137 and Sr90 in Bq/kg, which means the specific activity of the radionuclide‑ratio of the activity of the radionuclide in the radioactive image to the mass of the sample.In the course of the study, a prospective uncontrolled study of radionuclide content (Sr90 and Cs137) in muscle tissues of freshwater fish (62 samples) caught in the Shulba reservoir, tributaries, and the Irtysh River bed within the East Kazakhstan region, Zaisan Lake in the Kurchum coast was carried out. We found that the content of Sr90 [min 5.34; max - 20.76 Bq/kg] exceeded the content of Cs137 [min - 0.43; max - 2.96 Bq/kg] in hydrobionts caught in the Irtysh River, which may be associated with the peculiarities of circulation of each radionuclide in the environment, as well as the possibility of creating colaborative links between radionuclides and organic substances. Monitoring of hydrobiota radioactivity in field and artificial conditions is an important condition for the development of fish farming enterprises to ensure national food security and to create export potential of the Republic of Kazakhstan. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Semipalatinsk test site; Radionuclides; Transposition; Freshwater fish; Environmental monitoring | ||||
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