Published 1996 | Version v1
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Analyzing Cs-137 and Cs-134 concentration in mosses samples in Campania region. Italy after the Chernobyl accident

  • 1. Italian Red Cross Central Lab. Section of Environmental Radioactivity, Rome (Italy)

Description

The Chernobyl accident caused an exceptional relapse of radioactive material. The consequent fallout it in several European countries, including Italy. Term and height of aeriform effluent radioactivity admitted into the atmosphere, the distance of place of origin and the variability of meteorologic qualifications existence (wind, rain, etc...), determined the level of contamination of radioactivity in the air with a consequent deposition of soil much variable depending on space and time. Following the Chernobyl accident the situation of artificial deposition in Italy is considerably changed. In order to obtain arrange a new map of contamination of radioactivity in the soil. All over Italian territory has been organized radioecological campaign to arrange a new zero point. (author)

Part of:
IRPA9: 1996 international congress on radiation protection. Proceedings. Volume 3

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Berger.
Imprint Place
Horn (Austria)
ISBN
3-9500255-4-5
Imprint Title
IRPA9: 1996 international congress on radiation protection. Proceedings. Volume 3
Imprint Pagination
697 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 177-179.

Conference

Title
9. international congress on radiation protection and general assem bly of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA).
Dates
14-19 Apr 1996.
Place
Vienna (Austria).

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