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Long-term survey of Caesium-137 in soil and grass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2012

J. Barescut ,
D. Lariviere ,
T. Stocki ,
W. Ringer ,
J. Klimstein ,
M. Bernreiter  and
J. Gräser
W. Ringer
Affiliation:
Competence Centre for Radioecology and Radon (CC-RARA), Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Wieningerstrasse 8, 4020 Linz, Austria
J. Klimstein
Affiliation:
Competence Centre for Radioecology and Radon (CC-RARA), Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Wieningerstrasse 8, 4020 Linz, Austria
M. Bernreiter
Affiliation:
Competence Centre for Radioecology and Radon (CC-RARA), Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Wieningerstrasse 8, 4020 Linz, Austria
J. Gräser
Affiliation:
Competence Centre for Radioecology and Radon (CC-RARA), Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), Wieningerstrasse 8, 4020 Linz, Austria
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Abstract

The construction and start-up of the Czech nuclear power plant in Temelin led to a substantial uncertainty and opposition among the Austrian population. For this reason a specific monitoring programme was started in the federal state of Upper Austria in 1992. Within this programme regularly soil, grass, precipitation, cereals, and raw milk from different locations are sampled and measured. Furthermore, in-situ gamma spectrometric measurements of grassland are conducted yearly. This poster presents some of the results from the monitoring of soil and grass. Soil and grass samples are collected from seven sites on a yearly basis. Samples from six layers (0–5 cm, 5–10 cm, …) are taken to investigate the change of the vertical profile of the Cs-137 concentration over time. Measurements were done by high-resolution gamma spectrometry and liquid scintillation counting (Sr-90).

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Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 46 , Issue 6: ICRER 2011 – International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity: Environment & Nuclear Renaissance , 2011 , pp. S3 - S5
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© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2011

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