Published 1996 | Version v1
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134Cs foliar contamination of vine: translocation to grapes and transfer to wine

  • 1. Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29100 Piacenza (Italy)

Description

Grape vines growing in pots placed in open field were contaminated by sprinkling an aqueous solution of carrier free 134Cs. Activity was determined in acini and must at the ripening stage. Interception and Translocation Factors (TLF) were quantified. They strictly depend on the state of growth of the crop. Wine was produced by a laboratory process and analysed as to radiocesium. Transfer parameters, Fr and Pe, were calculated to predict radiocesium concentration in wine: it is 0.6 times the activity found in grapes. The leaf fruit translocation seems to be the dominant process in the contamination of acini when compared to direct deposition. (author)

Part of:
Ten years terrestrial radioecological research following the Chernobyl accident. Proceedings of the international symposium on radioecology 1996

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Berger.
Imprint Place
Horn (Austria)
Imprint Title
Ten years terrestrial radioecological research following the Chernobyl accident. Proceedings of the international symposium on radioecology 1996
Imprint Pagination
313 p.
Journal Volume
53
Series
Mitteilungen der Oesterreichischen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft.
Journal Page Range
p. 163-169.
ISSN
0029-893X

Conference

Title
International symposium on radioecology 1996.
Dates
22-24 Apr 1996.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

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