Evaluation of 137Cs and 90Sr effect on the industrial and medical X-ray films for autoradiography using the OSIRIS software

Autoradiography is one of the techniques developed for screening and isolating suitable radionuclide bioaccumulator microorganisms such as cyanobacteria, algae and bacteria. In this research autoradiography is developed for a kind of industrial film and a medical X-ray film. Irradiation time estimation according to radiotracer activity and suitable film selection are the most important aims in this research. These parameters are estimated for 137Cs and 90Sr on the basis of the appearances of the dark black spots on the developed films. Selected film and estimated irradiation time could be used to screen the needed microorganisms in the laboratory studies. The micro-organisms isolated by this method could be used to remove radioactive pollution in environmental engineering