Table 2. Area of the Forest Fund lands polluted by Radionuclides, as of January 1
1998
|
Type of pollution |
Forest Fund lands, thousand ha |
Forest lands, thousand ha |
Lands covered with forest
vegetation, thousand ha |
Growing stock, million m3 |
|
Cesium-137 (from 1 to 5 Ci/km2) or
strontium-90 (from 0.15 to 3 Ci/km2) |
953.2 |
889.4 |
816.9 |
128.4 |
|
Cesium-137 (from 5 to 15 Ci/km2) or
strontium-90 (from 3 to 10 Ci/km2) |
96.6 |
91.9 |
89.6 |
14.1 |
|
Cesium-137 (from 15 to 40 Ci/km2) or
strontium-90 (from 10 to 25
Ci/km2) |
28.7 |
27.5 |
27.1 |
1.7 |
|
Cesium-137 (over 40 Ci/km2) or
strontium-90 (over 25 Ci/km2) |
3.2 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
0.3 |
|
Polluted
lands, total |
1081.7 |
1011.8 |
935.8 |
144.4 |