Determination of 241Pu in the environmental samples

More than 70 soil samples were analysed in the last several years; results are in the range 0.10–3.74 Bq/kg dry soil, with a median of 0.49 and mean of 0.59 Bq/kg dry soil. From the analysis of more than 40 moss samples, the range of activity concentration was found to be 0.002–2.80 Bq/kg fresh mass...

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Published inApplied radiation and isotopes Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 265 - 270
Main Authors Varga, Beáta, Tarján, Sándor
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2008
Subjects
241Pu
Hungary
Monitoring of plutonium
Moss
Plutonium - analysis
Radioactive Fallout - analysis
Soil
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis
Hungary
Soil
Monitoring of plutonium
241Pu
Moss
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Summary:More than 70 soil samples were analysed in the last several years; results are in the range 0.10–3.74 Bq/kg dry soil, with a median of 0.49 and mean of 0.59 Bq/kg dry soil. From the analysis of more than 40 moss samples, the range of activity concentration was found to be 0.002–2.80 Bq/kg fresh mass with median 1.00 and mean value 0.30 Bq/kg fresh mass. In Hungary, the plutonium contamination comes from global fallout determined by the nuclear weapon tests, while is confirmed by plutonium isotope ratios.
ISSN:0969-8043
1872-9800
DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.09.011