title: Determination of 241Pu in the environmental samples.
abstract: More than 70 soil samples were analysed in the last several years; results are in the range 0.10-3.74 Bq/kg dry soil, with a median of 0.49 and mean of 0.59 Bq/kg dry soil. From the analysis of more than 40 moss samples, the range of activity concentration was found to be 0.002-2.80 Bq/kg fresh mass with median 1.00 and mean value 0.30 Bq/kg fresh mass. In Hungary, the plutonium contamination comes from global fallout determined by the nuclear weapon tests, while is confirmed by plutonium isotope ratios.
authors.affiliation: Hungarian Agricultural Authority, Food and Feed Safety Directorate, H-1465 Budapest 94, PO Box 1740, Hungary. varga.beata@t-online.hu
authors.forename: Beáta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarján
mesh_terms: D006814:Hungary; D011005:Plutonium / Q000032:analysis*; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D011005:Plutonium