Abstract
The present study was carried out to determine the effect of a radionuclide, cesium-137, in soybean, which is an element released usually from nuclear facilities. Soybean plants were grown on the pots treated with cesium-137 $0.5{\sim}60{\mu}Ci/1kg$ soil and the uptake, translocation and accumulation of the radiocesium in the plant parts were measured at different growth stage. The results are summarized as follows: 1) Visual toxic symptoms on the plants due to treatment of radioactive cesium were not observed up to $60{\mu}Ci/10Kg$ soil in a pot. 2) The uptake of cesium-137 in soybean plant was increased with increment of concentration applied, while the uptake of potassium was proportionally decreased, indicating to have an ion antagonistic relationship between them. 3) The absolute amounts of cesium-137 in the plants were gradually increased by the pod setting stage, but rather reduced at harvesting stage. The accumulation occurred more in the leaves and stems than the soybean seeds. 4) The rate of uptake was ranged from 0.069 to 0.005 with proportional decrease by increasing concentration applied and the rate of Cs-137 translocation from plants to seeds was averaged 38.6% in soybean plant. The concentration coefficient was 0.04 in the soybean seeds from the pots treated with $20{\mu}Ci$ of cesium-137 and decreased with increment of cesium-137 applied.
원자력시설(原子力施設)에서 방출(放出)될 수 있는 주요 핵종중(核種中)에서 $Cs^{137}$을 인위적으로 토양(土壤)에 처리(處理)하여 작물체(作物體)에 흡수(吸收), 이행(移行) 및 농축관계(濃縮關係)를 구명(究明)하고자 pot(토양(土壤)10㎏)당(當) $0.5{\sim}60{\mu}Ci$로 처리(處理)한 후 대두(大豆)를 재배(栽培)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1) 공시(供試)된 $Cs^{137}$의 상기(上記) 처리농도(處理濃度)에서는 대두작물(大豆作物)의 생장저해(生長沮害) 영향을 볼 수 없었다. 2) 처리농도(處理濃度) 증가(增加)에 따라 대두작물(大豆作物)의 $Cs^{137}$흡수(吸收)는 증가(增加)하였으나 K함양(含量)은 감소(減少)하였으므로 두 이온간(間)의 길항성(拮抗性)을 보였다. 3) 생육시기별(生育時期別) 흡수량(吸收量)은 pod 형성기(形成期)까지는 증가(增加)하다 수확기(收穫期)에는 감소(減少)하는 경향을 보였고 종실(種實)에 비해 경엽부(莖葉部)에 높은 축적(蓄積)을 보였다. 4) 대두작물(大豆作物)의 $Cs^{137}$ 흡수률(吸收率)은 $0.069{\sim}0.005$의 범위로 $Cs^{137}$처리농도(處理濃度)에 따라서 감소(減少)하였고, 이행률(移行率)은 평균(平均) 38.6%였고, 종실(種實)에의 농축계수(濃縮係數) 또한 농도(濃度)의 증가(增加)에 따라 감소(減少)하였으며 $20{\mu}Ci$처리구(處理區)를 기준(基準)으로 할 경우 농축계수는 0.04 였다.