This paper gives a review of marine radioecology research in the Adriatic area carried out by the Radiation Protection Unit of the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health. Measurements of radioactivity in the Adriatic started in 1963 as a part of an extended monitoring programme of radioactivity in Croatian environment. The main sources of radioactive contamination of the Adriati...

The first nuclear explosion test, named the Trinity test, was conducted on July 16, 1945 near Alamogordo, New Mexico. In the tremendous heat of the explosion, the radioactive debris fused with the local soil into a glassy material named Trinitite. Selected Trinitite samples from ground zero (GZ) of the test site were investigated in detail for radioactivity. The techniques used included alpha s...

Determination of 90Sr in low-level radioactive wastes (LLW) from reactors is difficult because of the presence of so many other radionuclides in samples of interest. This problem was dealt with by radiochemical separation of strontium followed by yttrium separation and Cerenkov counting of the high-energy B-particle emissions of 9oY in order to quantitate s”Sr. Separation of this important nuch...

The 90Sr and 137Cs contamination in Polish surface waters has been monitoring since 1994. Surface water samples from six lakes and the Vistula and Oder Rivers were collected in spring and autumn 2012 and 2013. The mean 90Sr and 137Cs concentrations were 3.92 ± 0.40 and 4.49 ± 2.00 mBq L-1, respectively. Correlations were identified between the radionuclide concentrations and meteorological cond...

We have developed a semiautomatic procedure based on a sequential injection method for 90Sr/90Y determination that allows their radiochemical separation in about 30 min. The method has been tested using 90Sr/90Y solutions with activities lower than 12 Bq. The source is eluted in a pH = 6.5 medium through a MnO2-impregnated cotton filter, where 9OY is preconcentrated in preference by adsorption....

In March 2011, enormous radioactive materials, mainly 137Cs, 129I, 90Sr and so on were released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after The Great East Japan Earthquake. Tap water, raw milk, vegetables, mushrooms, fruit, nuts, seaweed, marine invertebrates, fish, beef, wild animal meat, brown rice, wheat, tea leaves and other foodstuffs were contaminated by many radionuclides. In pa...

The paper presents the results of radiation risk assessment for staff a nuclear power plant design during basis accident (spent fuel assembly falling on in reactor core or storage pool refueling operations) and beyond (large leakage primary coolant with failure active part emergency cooling system complete blackout 24 h). is based state-of-the-art models from United Nations Scientific Committee...

A rapid determination method of 90Sr is developed for the monitoring of seawater around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP). Three ideas of chemical separation and measurements to accelerate 90Sr analysis are investigated. Strontium is co-precipitated in a two-step procedure with hydroxyapatite after the removal of magnesium phosphate in the presence of citric acid. The purificati...