Monitoring and surveillance of radio-cesium in cultivated soils and foodstuff samples in Israel 18 years after the Chernobyl disaster

N. Lavi; G. Golob; Z. B. Alfassi

doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.04.005

Monitoring and surveillance of radio-cesium in cultivated soils and foodstuff samples in Israel 18 years after the Chernobyl disaster

N. Lavi, G. Golob, Z. B. Alfassi

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The concentration of radio-cesium and radio-beryllium in foodstuff and soils samples was measured together with natural radioactivity (⁴⁰K and Th, U chains) in Marinelli (reentrant) beakers using γ-ray spectrometry. Radio-cesium in foodstuff and soils samples varies from 0.1 to 0.5 and from 1.5 to 20Bqkg-1, respectively. The limit of detection for determination of radio-cesium was found to be 0.04 Bq (i.e. 1.1 pCi). The concentration of radio-cesium measured in dry milk powders, concentrated from composite raw, whole milk samples varies from 0.05 to 0.08Bqkg-1. The level of radiation of ¹³⁷Cs measured in foodstuff samples presents no potential health hazard to the public today in any conceivable way as they are much smaller than the natural contribution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	78-83
Number of pages	6
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.04.005
State	Published - 1 Jan 2006

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