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- Title
Radionuclides from Fukushima accident in Thessaloniki, Greece (40°N) and Milano, Italy (45°).
- Authors
Ioannidou, A.; Manolopoulou, E.; Stoulos, S.; Vagena, E.; Papastefanou, C.; Bonardi, M.; Gini, L.; Manenti, S.; Groppi, F.
- Abstract
I, Cs and Cs were observed in environmental samples in Milano (40°N), Italy and Thessaloniki (45°N), Greece, soon after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan. The radionuclide concentrations were determined and studied as a function of time. In Thessaloniki the I in air was observed for the first time on March 24, 2011. In Milano, the first evidence of Fukushima fallout has been confirmed with I and Cs measured in wet precipitation collected 2 days later. The maximum I activity concentration in air of 467 ± 25 μBq m, observed in Milano on April 3-4, 2011, was almost similar to the highest value of 497 ± 53 μBq m observed in Thessaloniki. The Cs/Cs activity ratio values in air were around 1 in both regions. Soil, grass and milk samples were contaminated with I and Cs at a low level. Finally, a dose assessment for these two areas showed clearly that the detected activities in all environmental samples were far below levels of concern.
- Subjects
THESSALONIKE (Greece); RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011; CESIUM isotopes; RADIOACTIVE fallout; NUCLEAR accidents
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2014, Vol 299, Issue 1, p855
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-013-2709-2