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This book contains information ... extent of the spread of contamination. The remaining chapters of this
book discuss the hazards and radiation safety connected with radionuclides in
foods...
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I in the
vicinity of the point of release. Predicted situation 24 hours from the beginning of the
release. The point of the release is the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The
source ... the emission of uranium and thorium series radionuclides to the environment,
increasing their air volume activities and causing exposure of human beings.
The mai...
... Radionuclide Concentrations in Food and the Environment
57. Walling, D.E. and Quine, T.A., Use of
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Cs as a tracer of erosion and sedimen-
tation: handbook for the application of the
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Cs technique, ... the behavior of long-lived
radionuclides in soil.
Factors in uencing the behavior of radionuclides in soils are mainly the
chemical properties of the...
... between the discharge and the sampling point
(in m/sec),
x = distance of the sampling point from the release point (in m).
This model can be adapted further to cope empirically with radionuclide
fixation ... l/kg in freshwater systems and
550 l/kg in the marine environment. These differences are explained by the
salinity and, more precisely, by the stable isotope/...
... by industry regulators. Information
generated in routine monitoring programs is invaluable in determining the effect
on the environment and food of proposed emissions and routes and levels of
radionuclides ... reindeer meat in
1986, and later demonstrated a marked seasonal variation in the concentration
linked with the migration of the animals between their summer...
... spec-
trometer. A correlation curve between the count rate of the γ-ray
standard and the sample counting efficiency is obtained using a set of
quenched standards.
The α particle-emitting radionuclides ... 10 MeV, and cannot be used for low-energy
- and x-rays because they cannot penetrate the aluminum detector window and
high-energy γ-rays might pass through the sensiti...
... detectors, and Peltier-cooled PIN
detectors [61]. A PIN detector works in the same way as a p-n junction, but it
has an intrinsic layer between the p-n junctions, hence the term PIN. For portable
instruments ... radioactive
materials is the simplest approach to masking. The use of single- or dual-energy
x-ray machines to detect the presence of shielding materials in combinat...