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Monitoring of Aerosol and Fallout Radioactivity in Belgrade After the Fukushima Reactors Accident

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After the accident in Fukushima reactors, a daily monitoring programme was initiated in two laboratories in Belgrade, one at the Vinčа Institute for Nuclear Sciences and the other at Institute for Occupational Health Karajovic. Samples of aerosol and fallout, as well as the random samples of food and water, were collected and analysed, using gross alpha/beta and gamma spectrometry, in order to establish the presence of traces of isotopes indicating Fukushima fallout. Gamma spectrometry measurement of these samples showed clear evidence of fission products 131I, 134Cs and 137Cs wtihin 2 weeks after the accident. The activity diminished with time due to dispersion in air and, in case of 131I, short half-life.

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The investigation was partially supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia under the following Project III43009.

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  1. University of Belgrade Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001, Belgrade, Serbia

    Jelena Nikolic, Gordana Pantelic, Dragana Todorovic & Marija Jankovic

  2. Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr Dragomir Karajović”, Deligradska 29, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Maja Eremić Savkovic

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Nikolic, J., Pantelic, G., Todorovic, D. et al. Monitoring of Aerosol and Fallout Radioactivity in Belgrade After the Fukushima Reactors Accident. Water Air Soil Pollut 223, 4823–4829 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1238-x

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