abstract：:In this study, we report the (210)Po and (210)Pb concentrations of bone, muscle and liver samples that were obtained from twelve different marine bird species stranded on beaches in the central-north region of Rio de Janeiro State. Both radionuclides were highly concentrated in the liver samples; however, the lowest m...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Godoy JM,Siciliano S,de Carvalho ZL,Tavares DC,de Moura JF,Godoy ML

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tohoku hynobiid salamanders, Hynobius lichenatus, were chronically irradiated with γ-rays from embryonic to juvenile stages for 450 days. At 490 μGy h(-1) or lower dose rates, growth and survival were not significantly affected by irradiation, and any morphological aberrations and histological damages were not obs...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Fuma S,Une Y,Ihara S,Matsui K,Kudo T,Tokiwa T,Kubota Y,Soeda H,Ishikawa T,Doi K,Watanabe Y,Yoshida S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 88 seawater samples were collected during two Russian research expeditions (April-May 2011 and August-September 2012) to the Sea of Japan, the Oyashio Current region near Kuril Islands and the Kuroshio-Oyashio transition area in the western North Pacific Ocean. The observations were made aboard the R/V Pave...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Ramzaev V,Nikitin A,Sevastyanov A,Artemiev G,Bruk G,Ivanov S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 12 weanling lambs were fed for 6 months at the Vetenary Control and Research Institute of Elazığ in Turkey. Sheep were divided into two groups according to feeding type. Each group of sheep was fed a different amount of feed. The activity concentrations of (137)Cs and (90)Sr were determined in rumen, sm...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Başkaya H,Doğru M,Küçükönder A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Re-processing used nuclear fuel requires a method to effectively capture and dispose of gaseous radioiodine. Previous work has shown that nanoporous Al-O materials are effective at capturing gaseous iodine; molecular dynamics simulations have shown that the addition of fluoride to the Al-O surface should increase the ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Miller A,Wang Y

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determining the differences in the perception of risks between experts who are regularly exposed to radiation, and lay people provides important insights into how potential hazards may be effectively communicated to the public. In the present study we examined lay people's (N = 1020) and experts' (N = 332) perception ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Perko T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiochemical analysis was carried out on 52 drinking water samples taken from public outlets in the southwest of Western Australia. All samples were analysed for Ra-226, Ra-228 and Pb-210. Twenty five of the samples were also analysed for Po-210, and 23 were analysed for U-234 and U-238. Ra-228 was found in 45 sample...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Walsh M,Wallner G,Jennings P

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the roles of atmospheric wind profiles in the neutral atmosphere and surface roughness parameters in a complex terrain were examined to determine their impacts on radon ((222)Rn) dispersion from an actual uranium mine ventilation shaft. Simulations were completed on (222)Rn dispersion extending f...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Xie D,Wang H,Kearfott KJ,Liu Z,Mo S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of radon ((222)Rn) activity flux using activated charcoal canisters was examined to investigate the distribution of the adsorbed (222)Rn in the charcoal bed and the relationship between (222)Rn activity flux and exposure time. The activity flux of (222)Rn from five sources of varying strengths was meas...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Alharbi SH,Akber RA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depleted Uranium alloyed with titanium is used in armour penetrating munitions that have been fired in a number of conflict zones and testing ranges including the UK ranges at Kirkcudbright and Eskmeals. The study presented here evaluates the corrosion of DU alloy cylinders in soil on these two UK ranges and in the ad...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Toque C,Milodowski AE,Baker AC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is demonstrated that hydroxyl radicals and hydrogen peroxide are formed under the action of uranyl ions in aqueous solutions containing no reducing agents. In the presence of uranyl ions, formation of 8-oxoguanine in DNA and long-lived protein radicals are observed in vitro. It is shown that the pro-oxidant propert...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Garmash SA,Smirnova VS,Karp OE,Usacheva AM,Berezhnov AV,Ivanov VE,Chernikov AV,Bruskov VI,Gudkov SV

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports basic features of the (137)Cs uptake by forest-derived products in the Gomel region. Even with the soil contamination density of 37 kBq m(-2) the radionuclide contents in 20-30% of mushrooms and berries were found to be higher than the admissible levels. The (137)Cs contamination density of soil, si...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Bulko NI,Shabaleva MA,Kozlov AK,Tolkacheva NV,Mashkov IA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to experimentally quantify the influence of three variables on the level of resuspension of hazardous aerosol particles from clothing. Variables investigated include physical activity level (two levels, low and high), surface type (four different clothing material types), and time i.e. the rate a...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： McDonagh A,Byrne MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is devoted to investigation of behavior of (234)U, (238)U and (226)Ra by determining the soil to plant transfer under different natural conditions such as forest or swamped areas and meadow lands with different soil types. The paper summarizes the data on investigation of uranium and radium uptake by wild be...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Sokolik GA,Ovsiannikova SV,Voinikava KV,Ivanova TG,Papenia MV

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental assessments to evaluate potentials risks to humans and wildlife often involve modelling to predict contaminant exposure through key pathways. Such models require input of parameter values, including concentration ratios, to estimate contaminant concentrations in biota based on measurements or estimates o...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Yankovich T,Beresford NA,Fesenko S,Fesenko J,Phaneuf M,Dagher E,Outola I,Andersson P,Thiessen K,Ryan J,Wood MD,Bollhöfer A,Barnett CL,Copplestone D

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the migration patterns of radiocesium emitted from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), we analyzed (228)Ra/(226)Ra ratios and (7)Be concentrations and compared them with (134)Cs and (137)Cs concentrations in seawater samples collected within the Sea of Japan before and after the FDNPP acciden...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Inoue M,Furusawa Y,Fujimoto K,Minakawa M,Kofuji H,Nagao S,Yamamoto M,Hamajima Y,Yoshida K,Nakano Y,Hayakawa K,Oikawa S,Misonoo J,Isoda Y

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon-222 is a radioactive natural gas produced by the decay of radium-226, known to be the main contributor to natural background radiation exposure. Effective risk management needs to determine the areas in which the density of buildings with high radon levels is likely to be highest. Predicting radon exposure from ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Demoury C,Ielsch G,Hemon D,Laurent O,Laurier D,Clavel J,Guillevic J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water-to-organism (whole body) concentration ratio (CR(wo-water)), which is defined as the ratio of the concentration of a radionuclide in the biota (Bq kg(-1) fresh weight) to that in water (Bq L(-1)), has been used in mathematical models for environmental radiation protection. In the present paper, published glo...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Tagami K,Uchida S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A required parameter for the ERICA Tool is the concentration ratio (CR), which is used to describe the transfer from environmental media to a range of organisms. For the original parameterisation of the ERICA Tool, 60% of these values were derived using a variety of extrapolation approaches, including the application ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Brown JE,Beresford NA,Hosseini A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentration ratios (CRs) are used to derive activity concentrations in wild plants and animals. Usually, compilations of CR values encompass a wide range of element-organism combinations, extracted from different studies with statistical information reported at varying degrees of detail. To produce a more robust est...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Hosseini A,Stenberg K,Avila R,Beresford NA,Brown JE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetics of (137)Cs, (60)Co and (85)Sr sorption on powdered building materials in aqueous suspensions at 20 °C for interaction times of 1, 7, 14 and 28 days were studied. The (137)Cs distribution coefficient (Kd) values for all building materials except limestone practically did not change during 28 days of sorption. ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Maslova K,Stepina I,Konoplev A,Popov V,Gusarov A,Pankratov F,Lee SD,Il'icheva N

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confidence in comparability and reliability of measurement results in nuclear material and environmental sample analysis are established via certified reference materials (CRMs), reference measurements, and inter-laboratory comparisons (ILCs). Increased needs for quality control tools in proliferation resistance, envi...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Jakopič R,Sturm M,Kraiem M,Richter S,Aregbe Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed analysis of (131)I levels in rainwater and in three species of seaweed (Fucus distichus Linnaeus, Macrocystis pyrifera, and Pyropia fallax) collected in southwest British Columbia and Bella Bella, B.C., Canada was performed using gamma-ray spectroscopy following the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident on M...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Chester A,Starosta K,Andreoiu C,Ashley R,Barton A,Brodovitch JC,Brown M,Domingo T,Janusson C,Kucera H,Myrtle K,Riddell D,Scheel K,Salomon A,Voss P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, due to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons there is a highly topical issue of an accurate verification of nuclear explosion venues. This paper proposes to consider new method for verification by using tritium as an indicator. Detailed studies of the tritium content in the air were carried...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Lyakhova ON,Lukashenko SN,Mulgin SI,Zhdanov SV

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate (P) is an essential element for plant development but is generally present in limiting amount in the soil solution. Plant species have developed different mechanisms promoting the solubilization of this element in soils to ensure a sufficient supply for their growth. One of these mechanisms is based on the a...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Tailliez A,Pierrisnard S,Camilleri V,Keller C,Henner P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive environmental survey and measurements of gamma radioactivity in the soil samples collected from Segamat District were conducted. Two gamma detectors were used for the measurements of background radiation in the area and the results were used in the computation of the mean external radiation dose rate and mea...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Saleh MA,Ramli AT,Alajerami Y,Aliyu AS

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of the radiological situation due to exposure to gamma radiation, radon and thoron was carried out at the former uranium mining and processing sites in Shekaftar, Minkush and Kadji Sai in Kyrgyzstan. Gamma dose rate measurements were made using various field instruments and radon/thoron measurements were...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Lespukh E,Stegnar P,Usubalieva A,Solomatina A,Tolongutov B,Beishenkulova R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of field studies carried out on different plant species (winter rye and wheat, spring barley, oats, Scots pine, wild vetch, crested hairgrass) in various radioecological situations (nuclear weapon testing, the Chernobyl accident, uranium and radium processing) to investigate the effects of long-term chroni...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Geras'kin S,Evseeva T,Oudalova A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal variations of (7)Be, (210)Pb and (137)Cs activity concentrations in precipitation in Monaco from 1998 to 2010 showed that maxima of (7)Be and (210)Pb deposition fluxes coincide with the peaks of precipitation amounts observed in different months of a year, and most of (7)Be and (210)Pb was washout from the at...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Pham MK,Povinec PP,Nies H,Betti M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose assessments typically consider environmental systems as static through time, but environmental disturbances such as drought and fire are normal, albeit infrequent, events that can impact dose-influential attributes of many environmental systems. These phenomena occur over time frames of decades or longer, and are...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Michelotti EA,Whicker JJ,Eisele WF,Breshears DD,Kirchner TB

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emissions of (129)I from nuclear fuel separations conducted at the Hanford Site in Washington State have been occurring since the 1940's. Fuel separation on the Hanford Site stopped in 1988, but emissions of (129)I have continued as venting of the PUREX Plant occurred. In this study, atmospheric measurements of (129)I...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Fritz BG,Phillips NR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental remediation of radioactive contamination is about achieving appropriate reduction of exposures to ionizing radiation. This goal can be achieved by means of isolation or removal of the contamination source(s) or by breaking the exposure pathways. Ideally, environmental remediation is part of the planning ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Franklin MR,Fernandes HM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of uranium (VI) between soil solids and solutions is a key parameter in assessing the risk to the biosphere of disposing uranium-rich waste products from nuclear plants as well as uranium (U) ore mining. Both of these topics have recently been brought to public attention in Mongolia. Regional background l...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Tserenpil Sh,Maslov OD,Norov N,Liu QC,Fillipov MF,Theng BK,Belov AG

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to quantify the relative amounts of exchangeable organically bound tritium (OBT) and non-exchangeable OBT in various vegetables. A garden plot at Perch Lake, where tritium levels are slightly elevated due to releases of tritium from a nearby nuclear waste management area and Chalk River ...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Kim SB,Korolevych V

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview on the status and function of current spectrometry hardware, of detectors having energy-dispersive (spectrometric) properties as well as of the latest developments in quantitative spectrometry software is presented. Making extensive use of modern computing power, new strategies in high-precision spectrum a...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Westmeier W,Siemon K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of all available meteorological and radiation measurements that were performed in Belarus during the first three months after the Chernobyl accident were collected from various sources and incorporated into a single database. Meteorological information such as precipitation, wind speed and direction, and tempe...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Drozdovitch V,Zhukova O,Germenchuk M,Khrutchinsky A,Kukhta T,Luckyanov N,Minenko V,Podgaiskaya M,Savkin M,Vakulovsky S,Voillequé P,Bouville A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Profiles of podzolic soil from boreal forests were sampled from eight sites in Finland and the distribution of (137)Cs in the soil layers was determined. In addition, (239,240)Pu and (241)Am were determined from two soil profiles taken at one sampling site. Inventories of (137)Cs in the soil profiles varied between 1....

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Lehto J,Vaaramaa K,Leskinen A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a carboxylate-functionalized graft copolymer (PGTDC-COOH) based on titanium dioxide-densified cellulose (TDC) for the removal and recovery of thorium(IV) [Th(IV)] from industrial wastewater is reported in this paper. Infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometer were used to characterize the adsorbent mate...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Anirudhan TS,Sreekumari SS,Jalajamony S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential use of mycorrhiza as a bioremediation agent for soils contaminated by radiocesium was evaluated in a greenhouse experiment. The uptake of (137)Cs by cucumber, perennial ryegrass, and sunflower after inoculation with a commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) product in soils contaminated with (137)Cs was i...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Vinichuk M,Mårtensson A,Ericsson T,Rosén K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study considers gamma ray attenuation in relation to the soils and bedrock of Northern Ireland using simple theory and data from a high resolution airborne survey. The bedrock is considered as a source of radiogenic material acting as parent to the soil. Attenuation in the near-surface is then controlled by water...

journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity

authors： Beamish D

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00