Published February 1990 | Version v1
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Preliminary estimates of cumulative caesium and plutonium deposition in the Irish terrestrial environment

Creators

  • 1. University Coll., Dublin (Ireland)
  • 2. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain)

Description

A number of soil and peat cores, sampled in Ireland from November 1987 to March 1988, were analyzed for fallout cesium and plutonium. 134Cs and 137Cs levels were measured by high resolution gamma spectrometry, while 238Pu and 239,240Pu were determined after chemical extraction by alpha spectrometry. The relative contribution from weapons testing in the atmosphere and the Chernobyl accident to the total cesium inventory was determined by the 134Cs/137Cs isotopic ratio. As expected, no plutonium of Chernobyl origin was detected in surface layers. The cumulative 238Pu/239,240Pu ratio measured in Irish soils was found to be consistent with mid-latitude ratios reported by others. (author) 18 refs.; 4 figs.; 6 tabs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
138
Journal Issue
2
Series
J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. ;Articles.
Journal Page Range
241-256
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCD

Conference

Title
2. International conference on low-level measurements of actinides and long-lived radionuclides in biological and environmental samples.
Dates
16-20 May 1988.
Place
Akita City (Japan).

INIS

Country of Publication
Hungary
Country of Input or Organization
Hungary
INIS RN
21074600
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FALLOUT DEPOSITS; IRELAND; ISOTOPE RATIO; PEAT; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; SOILS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALKALI METALS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DATA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FALLOUT; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; METALS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES