Influence of the radiation on cytogenetic parameters mouselike rodents from the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant exclusion zone

Abstract

Results of radioecological and cytogenetic studies are presented. The soil contamination on the testing exper-imental sites of Chornobyl exclusion zone was studied. The correlation between the concentrations of 137Cs and 90Sr in the carcasses of animals and the level of soil contamination was revealed. The chronic exposure to radio-ecological conditions of the exclusion zone is shown to increase the pathological changes in bone marrow cells, which is determinates micronucleus test using.

Keywords

• radiocontamination
• mouselike rodents
• specific activity
• radionuclides
• micronuclei