Published 1990 | Version v1
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Mushrooms: significant source of internal contamination by radiocaesium

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Mineral Raw Materials, Kutna Hora (Czechoslovakia)
  • 2. Ustav Jaderneho Vyzkumu CSKAE, Rez (Czechoslovakia)
  • 3. Institute of Toxicology, Prague (Czechoslovakia)

Description

Various species of mushrooms and soils were analyzed for alkali elements (Rb, K) by means of Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) and for radiocaesium by means of gamma-ray spectrometry. There are differences between uptake of non-radioactive Cs and radiocaesium. Concentration factors for radiocaesium were higher than those for non-radioactive Cs. The highest accumulation of radio-caesium was observed in some species of the Boletus genus, Laccaria spp., Paxillus involutus, Cortinarius spp., Tylopilus felleus and in some species of the Lactarius genus. The consumption of some wild-growing mushrooms can be the most significant contribution to the exposure of population from Chernobyl fallout. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Elsevier Applied Science.
Imprint Place
London (UK)
ISBN
1-85166-539-0
Imprint Title
Transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments
Imprint Pagination
707 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 169-178.

Conference

Title
Workshop on the transfer of radionuclides in natural and semi-natural environments.
Dates
11-15 Sep 1989.
Place
Udine (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
22050894
Subject category
S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; FALLOUT; FOOD CHAINS; FUNGI; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RETENTION; SOILS; UPTAKE
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ALKALI METALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; MASS TRANSFER; METALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
EUR--12448.