Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290, Lublin, Poland.
Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 7, 01-194, Warsaw, Poland.
Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 5;11(1):13810. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-93277-7.
The presented research was focused on the analysis of the impact of biochar application into the soil on the radon exhalation process as a new issue of radiation protection in agriculture. Field measurements of the radon exhalation rate utilizing two methods-active and passive as well as laboratory measurements of the radon emanation coefficient were performed. In laboratory a soil samples with sunflower husk biochar were analysed using the accumulation chamber technique. At the final step the assessment of the effective dose for humans coming from radon exhalation from soil depending on biochar dose applied were evaluated. The doses of biochar applied in the analysed experimental fields were 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 Mg ha. The results show that biochar application into the soil contribute to a decrease in the emanation coefficient from a value around 7% to less than 2% with a simultaneous decrease in the radon exhalation rate from 4.4 to 14.8 mBq m s when the biochar dose increase from 0 to 100 Mg ha.
本研究集中分析了生物炭施入土壤对氡释放过程的影响,这是农业辐射防护的一个新问题。采用主动和被动两种方法进行了氡释放率的野外测量以及氡逸出系数的实验室测量。在实验室中,使用累积室技术分析了添加葵花皮生物炭的土壤样本。最后,根据施加的生物炭剂量,评估了来自土壤氡释放的人类有效剂量。在分析的实验田中施加的生物炭剂量分别为 0、20、40、60、80 和 100 Mg ha。结果表明,生物炭施入土壤会导致逸出系数从约 7%降低至 2%以下,同时,随着生物炭剂量从 0 增加到 100 Mg ha,氡释放率从 4.4 降低至 14.8 mBq m s。