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The focus of
the collaborative research described in this project is to develop a detailed
understanding of the hydrophysical and geochemical processes that control
radionuclide migration through discrete surface depression zones of anomalously
high soil moisture flux within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), Ukraine. As
described herein, the proposed research approach is the culmination of
interaction and scientific exchange between University of South Carolina faculty
and science staff of the Radioecological Center, National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine. The University of South Carolina co-principal investigators have made
three recent trips to Ukraine, including field visits to Chernobyl, to obtain
the necessary background and appreciation of the importance of the hydrologic
and hydrogeologic phenomena addressed in this proposal.
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