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Seventeen honey samples collected at different sites during 1992 have been measured using the method of γ-spectroscopy. Measurements were performed by a low background high purity germanium spectrometer of a relative efficiency of 14.5% and an energy resolution of 1.7 keV. Using natural γ-ray sources to determine efficiency, it has been shown that out of 17 samples of natural honey only two (of meadow type) have specific activity of137Cs greater than 0.5 Bq kg−1. The remaining samples have the same137Cs concentrations as before May, 1986. Predominant activity in all samples comes from the40K radionuclide, indicating natural honey.
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Čokeša, D.M., Marković, M.M., Soleša, M.I. et al. Determination of40K and137Cs concentration in selected honey samples. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 199, 465–469 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164633
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