Published 2012 | Version v1
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Activity concentrations of 137Cs and 40K in mosses from spas in Eastern Serbia

Creators

  • 1. Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy - INEP, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia)
  • 2. Higher Business School, Leskovac (Serbia)
  • 3. Faculty of Biology, Belgrade (Serbia)
  • 4. Faculty of Physical Chemistry, Belgrade (Serbia)

Description

With the aim of detecting the presence of radionuclides in moss samples in eastern Serbia, 129 samples of mosses were collected from 2000 to 2010 in the region of the spas: Sokobanja, Banja Jošanica and Gamzigradska banja. The data obtained show that 137Cs was present in all of the 129 samples from 3 sampling areas and 15 sampling localities and in 20 moss taxa. This indicates that pollution with this radionuclide resulting from the Chernobyl accident still exists. Changes in the average activity concentrations of 40K are within measurement error limits, while for 137Cs changes in the average activity concentrations are more noticeable, i.e. they have decreased with tim

Availability note (English)

Available online: http://archonline.bio.bg.ac.rs/VOL64/SVESKA3/12%20-%20Cuculovic%20.pdf

Additional details

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URL
http://archonline.bio.bg.ac.rs/VOL64/SVESKA3/12%20-%20Cuculovic%20.pdf;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Archives of Biological Sciences
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 917-925
ISSN
0354-4664

INIS

Country of Publication
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
45111957
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM 137; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ERRORS; MOSSES; POTASSIUM 40; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIOECOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SAMPLING; SERBIA
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BRYOPHYTA; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; EASTERN EUROPE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; EUROPE; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MASS TRANSFER; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLANTS; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
FAO/AGRIS record; This record replaces 45058425