Combined, sequential procedure for determination of 137 Cs, 40 K, 63 Ni, 90 Sr, 230,232 Th, 234,238 U, 237 Np, 238,239+240 Pu and 241 Am applied for study on contamination of soils near Żarnowiec Lake (northern Poland)

• Published in: Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 310; no. 2; p. 661
• Main Authors: Mietelski, Jerzy W, Kierepko, Renata, Łokas, Edyta, Cwanek, Anna, Kleszcz, Krzysztof, Tomankiewicz, Ewa, Mróz, Tomasz, Anczkiewicz, Robert, Szałkowski, Mirosław, Wąs, Bogdan, Bartyzel, Mirosław, Misiak, Ryszard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 2016
• Subjects: 237Np; Radiochemical sequential procedure; 63Ni; Environmental radioactivity; Plutonium; Actinides in soil; Polish nuclear power plant to be
• ISSN: 0236-5731

The paper summarizes results of investigation of the current state of radioactive contamination on site being under consideration for planned nuclear power plant in northern Poland. Thanks to use of sequential procedure it was possible to determine activity concentrations for radioisotopes of nine elements, both natural and artificial. Results show that observed levels of radioactive contamination are rather typical for central Europe and global fallout is dominant factor of presence of artificial radionuclides. The total deposition for artificial radionuclides revealed maxima equal to 1747 ± 121 Bq/m for Cs, 3854 ± 158 Bq/m for Sr, 101 ± 23 mBq/m for Np, 57.7 ± 6.0 Bq/m for Am, 3.27 ± 0.80 Bq/m for Pu and 68.5 ± 5.0 Bq/m for Pu.