Current state of the East Urals Radioactive Trace
In 2006 to 2009 the average minimum effective dose in settlements Allaki, Bagaryak, T.Karabolka, and Yushkovo located around the periphery of the EURT restricted area was 0.12 μSv·h <sup>-1</sup>. The average <sup>90</sup>Sr contamination density of pasture soil within T.Karabolka was 5.9 kBq·m <sup>-2</sup>, within Bagaryak by the factor of 2 to 2.5 higher. <sup>137</sup>Cs contamination density of pasture soil was 12.9 to 24.8 kBq·m <sup>-2</sup>. The average contamination density of kitchen garden soil within Bagaryak was 77.5 kBq·m <sup>-2</sup>. The <sup>90</sup>Sr contamination density of soils along the Trace axis was 1.8 to 162.4 kBq·m <sup>-2</sup>, and for <sup>137</sup>Cs this value was 2.2 to 24.4 kBq·m <sup>-2</sup>. Grass specific activity at various parts of the EURT territory varied from 11 to15 kBq·kg <sup>-1</sup> in terms of <sup>90</sup>Sr, and 3 to 60 kBq·kg <sup>-1</sup> in terms of <sup>137</sup>Cs. The highest specific activity both of <sup>90</sup>Sr and of <sup>137</sup>Cs in natural and fallow soils remained in the low part of the forest litter and steppe mat, as well as in soil 0-5 cm deep. Wild berries sampled from the Trace axis were contaminated with <sup>90</sup>Sr one order of magnitude higher than mushrooms being hazardous in term of <sup>90</sup>Sr dietary intake.