The assessment of natural and artificial radionuclides in river sediments in the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00020699:_____/10:#0000830

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The assessment of natural and artificial radionuclides in river sediments in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The concentrations of natural radionuclides, radium-226, radium-228, and potassium-40, and the artificial radionuclide caesium-137, in river sediments were monitored in the Czech Republic by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute during the period 2000?2008. The data were used to evaluate the natural background levels of these radionuclides and the impact of human activities on the water environment. The river sediments were identified as good indicators of radioactive contamination, especially radium-226 which recorded historic contamination due to former uranium mining and milling. The radium-226 contamination rate was assessed using the ratio of radium-226 to radium-228. This ratio was used to classify sediment according to the relative contamination from the uranium industry. The residual contamination of caesium-137 due to the Chernobyl accident in 1986 was also assessed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DL - Nuclear waste, radioactive pollution and control

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sediment Dynamics for a Changing Future

ISSN

0144-7815

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Volume of the periodical

2010

Issue of the periodical within the volume

337

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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