Fukushima fallout at Milano, Italy

• Published in: Journal of environmental radioactivity Vol. 114; pp. 119 - 125
• Main Authors: Ioannidou, Alexandra, Manenti, Simone, Luigi Gini, Groppi, Flavia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Adult; aerosols; air; analysis; Animals; Assessments; cesium; Cesium Radioisotopes; Cesium Radioisotopes - analysis; chemistry; Deposition; dry deposition; Drying; Fallout; Food Contamination, Radioactive; Food Contamination, Radioactive - analysis; Fukushima accident; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Goats; grasses; Humans; Infant; iodine; Iodine Radioisotopes; Iodine Radioisotopes - analysis; Italy; Japan; Milk; Milk - chemistry; Nuclear accident; Nuclear accidents; Poaceae; Poaceae - chemistry; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Monitoring; Radioactive fallout; Radioactive nuclides; Radioactive Pollutants; Radioactive Pollutants - analysis; Radioactivity; radionuclides; rain; Rain - chemistry; Risk Assessment; Snow; Snow - chemistry; soil; Soil - analysis; Italy; Japan; Italy, Lombardia, Milano, Milano; Ukraine, Chernobyl; Radioactive nuclides; Fukushima accident; Radioactive fallout; Nuclear accident

The radionuclides 131I, 137Cs and 134Cs were observed in the Milano region (45°) of Italy early after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan. Increased atmospheric radioactivity was observed on an air filter taken on 30 March 2011, while the maximum activity of 467 μBq m−3 for 131I was recorded at...