Airborne radioiodine in northern Serbia from Fukushima.
The results obtained with the monitoring system set up to assess the impact of the Fukushima accident on the environment of Vojvodina (Northern Province of Serbia) are presented and discussed. Aerosol, rain, fresh milk and spinach samples were collected daily in the weeks following the accident. In the aerosol samples, (131)I activity concentrations of several mBq m(-3) were measured, while in rain, milk and spinach samples, (131)I levels had values in a range of (0.3-1.7) Bq kg(-1). These are the first results on the impact of the Fukushima accident on the Pannonian basin region. Our results are compared with the reported values from other parts of the world.
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia. bikit@df.uns.ac.rs
Istvan
I
Bikit
Dusan
D
Mrda
Natasa
N
Todorovic
Jovana
J
Nikolov
Miodrag
M
Krmar
Miroslav
M
Veskovic
Jaroslav
J
Slivka
Jan
J
Hansman
Sofija
S
Forkapic
Nikola
N
Jovancevic
D000336:Aerosols; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D007564:Japan; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011891:Rain / Q000737:chemistry; D018570:Risk Assessment; D055771:Serbia; D012756:Sheep; D018724:Spinacia oleracea / Q000737:chemistry
D000336:Aerosols; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes