BIOREMEDIATION - Part II 

Minerva Biotecnologica 2001 June;13(2):117-21

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language: English

Study of radiophytoremediation

Vanek T., Soudek P., Tykva R.

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic

Background. The aim of ­this ­research is to ­study ­uptake of select­ed radio­nu­clides by ­plants ­under hydro­pon­ic and aseptic con­di­tions.
Methods. Accumulation of radio­nu­clides in ­plants is meas­ured ­using liq­uid-scin­til­la­tion spec­trom­e­ter and auto­ra­diog­ra­phy.
Results. During 32 ­days 37% of 137Cs, 48% of 125I and 17% 63Ni start­ing activ­ity was ­released ­from a liq­uid medi­um and accu­mu­lat­ed in ­plant.
Conclusions. The ­results ­obtained ­prove the pos­sibil­ity of uti­liz­ing radio­phy­tor­e­me­di­a­tion for prac­ti­cal appli­ca­tion.