Survey of the 137Cs contamination in Belgium by in-situ gamma spectrometry, a decade after the chernobyl accident

J. Uyttenhove; S. Pommé; B. Van Waeyenberge; F. Hardeman; J. Buysse; J. P. Culot

doi:10.1097/00004032-199710000-00009

Survey of the ¹³⁷Cs contamination in Belgium by in-situ gamma spectrometry, a decade after the chernobyl accident

J. Uyttenhove, S. Pommé, B. Van Waeyenberge, F. Hardeman, J. Buysse, J. P. Culot

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Abstract

The residual radiocesium concentration, nearly 10 y after the Chernobyl accident, is measured at different sites on the Belgian territory by means of in-situ gamma-spectrometry. A possible link between the rainfall at the beginning of May 1986 and the actual cesium concentration is investigated. The radiological impact of this contamination, even in the most affected regions in the Ardennes, is very small (<6 μSv y^-1).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	644-646
Number of pages	3
Journal	Health physics
Volume	73
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-199710000-00009
State	Published - Oct 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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