Published 2021 | Version v1
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Determination of anthropogenic contamination by 137Cs, 240Pu/239Pu and 235U/238U in lichens and mosses from Russian Arctic areas

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Description

Lichen and moss samples were collected from Russian Arctic areas (Kola Peninsula, Franz Josef Land and few other locations) in the 1990s. In 2020, 137Cs was determined by HPGe gamma spectrometry from these samples after which isotopes of Pu and U were radiochemically separated from the samples. Mass ratios 240Pu/239Pu and 235U/238U were determined by ICP-MS for utilizing the characteristic isotopic fingerprints of different nuclear events. The aim of the work was to survey radioactive contamination sources in terrestrial environment in Russian Arctic regions, which have not yet been completely explored in respect to anthropogenic isotopes and their origin in the environment.

Availability note (English)

Available in electronic form from: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12997
Part of:
EGU General Assembly 2021

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/sessionprogramme;
DOI
10.5194/egusphere-egu21-12997;

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
EGU General Assembly 2021
Imprint Pagination
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Journal Page Range
vp.
Report number
INIS-DE--22

Conference

Title
EGU General Assembly 2021
Dates
19-30 Apr 2021
Place
Munich (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Austria
INIS RN
53111506
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ARCTIC REGIONS; CESIUM 137; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; ICP MASS SPECTROSCOPY; LICHENS; MOSSES; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOCHEMISTRY; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALGAE; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BRYOPHYTA; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY; CRYOSPHERE; EUMYCOTA; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FUNGI; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLANTS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POLAR REGIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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