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The manuscript describes the 210Po activity concentration in different varieties of marine organism collected from Mumbai Harbour Bay as well as from major fish collection centre of India. 210Po in the edible portion of organisms and in the sea water were carried out by alpha spectrometry by using 209Po tracer as yield monitor. In fish varieties, 210Po was observed to be in the range of <0.002–17.06 Bq kg−1 wet. In prawns, the activity concentration was in the range of <0.002–31.07 Bq kg−1 wet, while in Crab samples 210Po activity concentration was in the range of 0.035–12.03 Bq kg−1. Ingestion dose based on the consumption of the sea food was observed to be in the range of 7.06 × 10−04–2.04 µSv yr−1.
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The authors sincerely thank Dr.D.N.Sharma, Director, Health safety & Environment Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre for his continuous encouragement given to us.
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Hemalatha, P., Madhuparna, D., Jha, S.K. et al. An investigation of 210Po distribution in marine organisms in the Mumbai Harbour Bay. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 271–276 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3350-4
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