Research on the resistance of sandstone as water resource reservoir rocks to radiation and heating, as damaging factors of nuclear weapons

Earth Surface Processes, Geodynamics, and Subsurface Exploration

Authors

First and Last Name Academic degree E-mail Affiliation
Yurii Onanko Ph.D. yaonanko1 [at] gmail.com Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation NAAS
Kyiv, Ukraine
Oksana Dmytrenko Sc.D. dmytrenko [at] univ.kiev.ua Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine
Anatoliy Onanko Ph.D. onanko [at] i.ua Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine
Tatiana Pinchuk-Rugal Ph.D. pinchuk_tatiana [at] ukr.net Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Kyiv, Ukraine
Anna Kuzmych No annekuzmych99 [at] gmail.com National University of Water and Environmental Engineering
Rivne, Ukraine

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First published on this website: 18.08.2025 - 21:18
Abstract 

Water harvesting aims to capture and retain water for applications including potable supply, irrigation, aquifer recharge, and other uses, particularly in regions characterized by hydrological deficits or extended arid periods. Conventional artificial storage systems, such as surface reservoirs, are unsuitable for arid climates due to substantial evaporative losses and sediment accumulation. Subsurface storage within soil or lithified formations mitigates these limitations. Under wartime conditions, Ukraine has encountered the critical task of safeguarding water resources from deleterious military impacts. In particular, the structural integrity and functional stability of natural subsurface water storages within reservoir rocks, especially sandstones, under the destructive influences of nuclear weapon effects have become a subject of priority research. Surface characterization was performed using atomic force microscopy in contact mode, wherein the oscillating probe tip engages the sample surface at the nadir of its oscillation amplitude. The bending of the cantilever, an elastic beam serving as a deformation transducer, produces an electrical signal proportional to the tip–sample interaction force. This signal, processed within the instrument’s feedback system, enables the generation of high-resolution surface topography maps. Atomic force microscopy was used to evaluate the resilience of reservoir rocks to nuclear-weapon-related damaging factors, specifically ionizing radiation exposure and high-intensity thermal loading.

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