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Measurement by ultra low level liquid scintillation counting following the Chernobyl accident

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The situation in Austria following the “Chernobyl accident” is described shortly as well as applications of measurements with the ultra low level liquid scintillation counter “Quantulus” concerning milk, precipitation, surface water and drinking water. Data on the measurement of tritium are presented.

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  1. F. SCHÖNHOFER et al., The reactor accident at Chernobyl—its impact on Austria, Report Austrian Environmental Protection Agency, 1986.

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  4. F. SCHÖNHOFER, E. HENRICH, Determination of Radium-226 and Radon-222 in some mineral and drinking waters by liquid scintillation counting, Report UBA-STS-85-03, 1985.

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  1. Department of Radiation Protection, Austrian Environmental Protection Authority, Berggasse 11, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    F. Schönhofer & J. Weisz

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  1. F. Schönhofer
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Schönhofer, F., Weisz, J. Measurement by ultra low level liquid scintillation counting following the Chernobyl accident. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 115, 125–140 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041981

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