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Chernobyl90Sr in bilberries from Poland

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As part of a detailed survey on the contamination of Polish forests90Sr activity concentrations were determined in bilberries. Elevated90Sr levels were found in several samples from north-eastern Poland. The calculated maximum90Sr surface contamination was 2 kBq·m−2. The correlation between90Sr and137Cs concentrations in bilberries was good for two sets of samples originating from two geographical areas of Poland indicating the local differences in radionuclide depositions from Chemobyl fallout.

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  2. Institute of Nuclear Techniques, Technical University of Budapest, H-1521, Budapest, Hungary

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Mietelski, J.W., Vajda, N. Chernobyl90Sr in bilberries from Poland. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 222, 183–187 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034267

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