Published 1998 | Version v1
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Use of bioindicators in the environmental radiological surveillance of Mexican Nuclear Center

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, A.P. 18-1027, 11801 Mexico D.F. (Mexico)
  • 2. UNAM Instituto Biologia, 04510 Ciudad Univ., Mexico D.F. (Mexico)

Description

Cs-137 and K-40 concentrations were determined in soil samples and wild eatable mushrooms at the forest ecosystem of Mexican Nuclear Center and its surrounding area. The evaluation was carried out with a low bottom gamma spectroscopy system including a high-purity Ge detector (HPGe). The local species that showed greater soil-mushroom transference factor, for Cs-137, were Clavariadelphus truncatus, Cortinarius caerulescenc, Gomphus floccosus and Lyophyllum decastes. The Cs-137 levels obtained in the mushroom samples of Nuclear Center, were in general slightly lower than those of adjacent places, which indicates that this Center is not polluting the atmosphere with such radionuclide. (Author)

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Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Utilizacion de biondicadores en la vigilancia radiologica ambiental del Centro Nuclear de Mexico

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
INIS-MX--877

Conference

Title
8. ININ-SUTIN Technical and Scientific Congress
Dates
2-4 Dec 1998
Place
Salazar, Estado de Mexico (Mexico)