137Cs in Soil and Fallout around Zagreb (Croatia) at the Time of the Fukushima Accident (CROSBI ID 199124)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Šoštarić, Marko ; Petrinec, Branko ; Babić, Dinko
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137Cs in Soil and Fallout around Zagreb (Croatia) at the Time of the Fukushima Accident
This paper addresses the noticeable increase of 137Cs activity concentrations in soil and fallout in the area surrounding Zagreb (Croatia) that occurred at the time of the 2011 Fukushima accident. This topic is important for public health as 137Cs is highly toxic due to its long half-life of radioactive decay and chemical similarity to potassium. 137Cs concentrations in fallout were much greater than in soil, but remained present longer in the latter. While being detectable in our measurements, 137Cs did not spread through the food chain in amounts exceeding the maximum allowed level of radioactive food contamination. However, more thorough and consistent measurements need to be done in order to establish the precise activity trends of 137Cs in Zagreb soil and fallout.
gamma-ray spectrometry; public health; radioactive contamination
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Podaci o izdanju
64 (4)
2013.
561-565
objavljeno
0004-1254
10.2478/10004-1254-64-2013-2411
Povezanost rada
Fizika, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita