Impact of long-term radionuclide contamination on aquatic organisms

Transcript of scientific report at the meeting of the Presidium of NAS of Ukraine, October 4, 2023

Abstract

The report presents the most important results of fundamental and applied research by scientists of the Institute of Hydrobiology of the NAS of Ukraine on the peculiarities of the behavior of radionuclides and their physicochemical forms in abiotic and biotic components of freshwater ecosystems, as well as findings from assessment of radiation-induced cytogenetic and somatic disorders in hydrobionts due to long-term exposure to small doses of ionizing radiation.