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Plutonium isotopes in the Qinling Mountains of China

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In order to study the effect of air masses on the distribution of artificial radionuclides on both sides of the mountain range, Pu and 137Cs in forest soils of the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province were determined for the first time. The 239+240Pu and 137Cs activity concentrations ranged from 0.001 ± 0.001 to 0.501 ± 0.031 Bq/kg and 0.27 ± 0.06 to 7.82 ± 0.34 Bq/kg, respectively. The 240Pu/239Pu atom ratios in samples ranged from 0.160 ± 0.024 to 0.218 ± 0.037 with an average value of 0.188 ± 0.014, indicated that Pu isotopes from the Qinling Mountains mainly came from global fallout. The results of this research add the 239+240Pu activity concentrations and 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio of the Qinling Mountains, the atmospheric circulation in the Qinling Mountains did not significantly affect the Pu content. Also, it provides significant data on the radioactivity of Chinese soils.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 12175046 and 11665006), the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD).

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  1. Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrophysics, School of Physical Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Yongjing Guan, Yuxin Hua, Shenzhen Wang, Wu Chen, Qiaoyan Jing, Chunping Huang, Peijun Zhang, Huijuan Wang, Deyu Wang & Zichen Guo

  2. State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Centre of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Zhiyong Liu

  3. Department of Large Ground Testing Facilities, CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, 81043, Capua, Italy

    Mario De Cesare

  4. Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 81100, Caserta, Italy

    Mario De Cesare

  5. INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Naples Section, 80126, Naples, Italy

    Mario De Cesare

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Guan, Y., Hua, Y., Wang, S. et al. Plutonium isotopes in the Qinling Mountains of China. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 2513–2523 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08921-5

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