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Artificial radioactive contamination of sediment samples along the Romanian sector of the Danube river and the Black Sea coast

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The concentrations of137Cs were determined by in 11 sediment samples, collected along the Romanian sector of the Danube river and the Black Sea coast during 1994 γ-ray spectrometry. The concentrations of90Sr in the same sediment samples were determined by β-counting of the90Y oxalate, precipitated after strontium separation using a strontium extraction chromatography column. The concentration distributions of137Cs and90Sr are compared with the238Pu and239,240Pu concentration distributions in the same samples, reported in a previous paper. The accumulation potential of137Cs,90Sr and plutonium isotopes in the river and sea sediments analysed is discussed.

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  1. Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, POLITEHNICA University, Calea Grivietei 132, 78122, Bucharest, Romania

    S. A. Mihai & I. I. Georgescu

  2. Centre for Analytical Research in the Environment, Silwood Park, SL5 7TE, Ascot, Berkshire, UK

    G. Shaw

  3. Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, B-2400, Mol, Belgium

    Ch. Hurtgen

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Mihai, S.A., Shaw, G., Hurtgen, C. et al. Artificial radioactive contamination of sediment samples along the Romanian sector of the Danube river and the Black Sea coast. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 227, 129–131 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02386444

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