Soil sampling and 137Cs analysis of the Chernobyl fallout in Greece.
A total of 1242 samples of soil, collected over Greece, during the period May-November 1986, were counted and analysed for 137Cs from Chernobyl fallout. The counting was performed using a NaI detector on-line to a microcomputer, moreover, 252 of the samples were also analysed using Ge detectors, for inter-comparison and also for the assessment of other long-lived isotopes in the fallout. The results show that 137Cs fallout from Chernobyl presents a remarkable geographical variability. The evaluated ground activity due to 137Cs deposition ranges between 0.01 and 137 kBq/m2.
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Nuclear Engineering Section, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
D000059:Accidents; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D006115:Greece; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D014455:Ukraine
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive