Chernobyl fallout on Alpine glaciers.
Measurements of the gross beta activity of snow samples from four Alpine glaciers contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear accident and a gamma-spectrum analysis of selected samples are reported. The results are discussed with respect to possible risks to the population from using meltwater from these glaciers as drinking water.
Ambach
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Institute for Medical Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria/Europe.
Rehwald
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W
Blumthaler
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M
Eisner
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H
Brunner
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P
D000059:Accidents; D000531:Altitude; D001317:Austria; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D012621:Seasons; D012914:Snow; D014455:Ukraine
D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D011868:Radioisotopes