137Cs washout from the soil in winter and spring

Experimental investigations under field and laboratory conditions of 137Cs washout from the periodically frozen and thawed soils were carried out. The experiments demonstrated that the amount of cesium washed out from the soil after freezing was much larger than from the non-frozen soils and by its intensity it corresponds to the washout under the influence of intensifiers. This fact allows recommending cheap and technologically simple measures for the in-snow runoff control to rehabilitate the contaminated lands.