Artificial radioactive contamination of sediment samples along the Romanian sector of the Danube river and the Black Sea coast

S. A. Mihai; G. Shaw; Christian Hurtgen; Iulia I. Georgescu

doi:10.1007/BF02386444

Artificial radioactive contamination of sediment samples along the Romanian sector of the Danube river and the Black Sea coast

S. A. Mihai, G. Shaw, Christian Hurtgen, Iulia I. Georgescu

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Abstract

The concentrations of ¹³⁷Cs were determined by in 11 sediment samples, collected along the Romanian sector of the Danube river and the Black Sea coast during 1994 γ-ray spectrometry. The concentrations of ⁹⁰Sr in the same sediment samples were determined by β-counting of the ⁹⁰Y oxalate, precipitated after strontium separation using a strontium extraction chromatography column. The concentration distributions of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr are compared with the ²³⁸Pu and ^239,240Pu concentration distributions in the same samples, reported in a previous paper. The accumulation potential of ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr and plutonium isotopes in the river and sea sediments analysed is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	129-131
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	227
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386444
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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