Plutonium 241Pu in tissues and organs of Cervidae from Northern Poland
Livers, kidneys and muscles of large herbivorous animals: roe deer, red deer and fallow deer, collected in Northern Poland, were the subject of the investigation. The concentration of Pu ranged widely between 1.31 ± 0.28 and 214.5 ± 25.8 mBq kg ww and decreased in the order kidney > liver > m...
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| Published in | Radiochimica acta Vol. 103; no. 11; pp. 811 - 816 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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De Gruyter
28.11.2015
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISSN | 0033-8230 2193-3405 |
| DOI | 10.1515/ract-2015-2415 |
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| Summary: | Livers, kidneys and muscles of large herbivorous animals: roe deer, red deer and fallow deer, collected in Northern Poland, were the
subject of the investigation. The concentration of
Pu ranged widely between 1.31 ± 0.28 and
214.5 ± 25.8 mBq kg
ww and decreased in the order kidney > liver > muscle. The average values of the activity
concentrations of
Pu were 11.5 ± 1.8 mBq kg
ww in muscles, 14.0 ± 2.25 mBq kg
ww in
liver and 85.5 ± 9.7 mBq kg
ww in kidneys. As statistically checked the sampling location, sex, age and species of
animals did not influence on plutonium concentrations of the analyzed samples. Only the organ type significantly influenced
Pu content. The values of
Pu/
Pu activity ratio in analyzed samples ranged from 7.12 ± 2.15
to 99.3 ± 16.4 and the results showed the main source of plutonium in analyzed organs could be the Chernobyl accident. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-8230 2193-3405 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/ract-2015-2415 |