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Numerous areas of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) were subjected to radioactive contamination, including tritium. The tritium content in plants was determined in free water (TFWT) and in the organic component (OBT). It has been established that the OBT content in plants for the "Sary-Uzen" site between combat boreholes ranges from <7-125 Bq/kg and the background OBT content is 21.5 Bq/kg. The maximum OBT values in plants have been recorded in the vicinity of boreholes and range from 7.1 (near the borehole numbered 106) to 200,000 Bq/kg (near the borehole numbered 101). Overall, the tritium content in the vegetation cover at the "Sary-Uzen" site is negligible and does not pose a threat. Isolated cases of tritium content in drinking water exceeding the intervention level have been identified in plants in the "Lazurit" area, as well as near combat boreholes numbered 125 and 101., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

The article highlights the results of a radioecological survey of the surface areas of combat boreholes at the Sary-Uzen site located on the territory of the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS), where underground nuclear tests in these boreholes were conducted earlier. The surface areas of boreholes were examined the levels of radioactive contamination of the soil were determined. A total of 2 main groups were identified. The first group includes boreholes with radioactive contamination of the soil on the surface area. The second group includes boreholes with no radioactive contamination of the surface soil layer. The first group can be divided into boreholes with a deformation of the ground surface and without it. For each variety, depending on the specifics of the nuclear test, the characteristic features of radioactive contamination were determined. Based on the results of the survey, the ranges of specific activity values were established., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

The paper reports on the study of artificial radionuclide accumulation in agricultural crops grown at the territory with high concentration of radionuclides, and first of all - with high concentration of transuranium elements. As a result of this work, peculiarities of accumulation and distribution of artificial radionuclides in the vegetative and generative organs of the studied plants have been revealed. Basic accumulation factors have been found for (137)Cs, (90)Sr, (239+240)Pu, and (241)Am in agricultural products. Accumulation factor dependence on type of planting was found for the investigated types of plants. It has been found that the vegetative organs accumulate radionuclides most of all., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)