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Plutonium in soils and plants around the IRT-2000 research reactor in Sofia

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The concentration of the plutonium isotopes238Pu and239+240Pu in the surroundings of the research reactor was measured by application of a very sensitive and selective radionalytical procedure for the determination of plutonium in soils and plants, including lichens and mosses as bioindicators. All measured concentrations are in the range of variation of the global contamination with plutonium caused by fallout of atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and burning of satellites in the atmosphere. An additional contamination by plutonium isotopes due to discharges from the reactor in the past is not detectable.

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  1. Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Boul. Thrakia 72, BG-1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

    L. Bogoeva, I. Mishev, M. Radicheva & M. Pimpl

  2. Central Safety Department, Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center, Box 3640, D-7500, Karlsruhe, Germany

    M. Pimpl

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This work was sponsored by the Bulgarian Ministry of Science and Higher Education under Research Contract No. 281 and was performed with the support of Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

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Bogoeva, L., Mishev, I., Radicheva, M. et al. Plutonium in soils and plants around the IRT-2000 research reactor in Sofia. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 165, 145–157 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02172237

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