Radiocesium contamination in Belgium

S. Pommé; J. Uyttenhove; Bartel Van Waeyenberge; J. L. Genicot; J. P. Culot; F. Hardeman

doi:10.1007/bf02385952

Radiocesium contamination in Belgium

S. Pommé, J. Uyttenhove, Bartel Van Waeyenberge, J. L. Genicot, J. P. Culot, F. Hardeman

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Abstract

Radiocesium contamination of air, rain, grass, milk and humans in Belgium from the late 1950s to present was measured. The main sources of fallout were atmospheric nuclear weapons tests and the Chernobyl accident; in Belgium the average impact of the first on the human body burden was more than six times higher. The geographical distribution of radiocesium fallout in Belgium was surveyed by means of in-situ gamma-spectrometry with HPGe detectors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-145
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	235
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02385952
State	Published - 1998

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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