Plutonium and 137Cs in forest litter: an approximate map of plutonium from Chernobyl deposition in North-eastern and Eastern Poland

• Autorzy: Brudecki K. , Suwaj J. , Mietelski J. W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The present article contains information about the activities and origin of 137Cs, 238Pu and 239+240Pu in the North-eastern Poland. Analyzed samples were collected in 59 locations where forest litter A0 and humus A1 were collected in 1991. An approximate map of the Chernobyl fallout component 239+240Pu was prepared on the basis of received results. The largest Chernobyl 239+240Pu contamination occurred in north-eastern and eastern part of the investigated area, reaching 22.1š1.6 Bqźm–2.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

plutonium; cesium; Chernobyl; hot particles; radioactive contamination; map of deposition plutonium

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 54, No. 3
• Strony: 199--209
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Brudecki K.

autor

Suwaj J.

autor

Mietelski J. W.

• The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone],

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