Published October 2003
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137Cs Radioactivity in Lebanese Grass Samples and Soil-Plant Transfer Factor
Creators
- 1. Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, National Council for Scientific Research, P.O.Box:11-8281, Beirut, (Lebanon)
Description
Lebanon was affected by the Chernobyl accident giving a 137Cs activity up to 6500 Bq/m2 in the superficial depth (0-3 cm) of the Lebanese soil (results obtained for 1998). This paper concerns the 137Cs activity in Lebanese grass samples. Grass and soil samples from uncultivated areas were collected from 19 locations in Lebanon and have been measured with non-destructive gamma spectroscopy using High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. The results obtained show that 137Cs activity level in the grass is low or below the detection limit in most of the samples. The 137Cs soil plant transfer factor ranged between 0.016x10-2 and 0.148x10-2m2/KXg Dry
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the Sixth Arab Confernce on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Vol.IV
- Imprint Pagination
- 1702 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 547-553
- Report number
- INIS-EG--175(v.IV)
Conference
- Title
- 6. Arab Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy
- Dates
- 14-18 Dec 2002
- Place
- Cairo (Egypt)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Egypt
- Country of Input or Organization
- Egypt
- INIS RN
- 35106268
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTIVITY LEVELS; CESIUM 137; CONCENTRATION RATIO; DECAY; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GRAMINEAE; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; LEBANON; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY; SOILS; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; GEOLOGIC SURVEYS; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MIDDLE EAST; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLANTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES