Radioactivity in mushrooms from selected locations in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic.

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F17%3A43896097" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/17:43896097 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00411-017-0684-7" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00411-017-0684-7</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00411-017-0684-7" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00411-017-0684-7</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Radioactivity in mushrooms from selected locations in the Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic.

Original language description

137Cs is one of the most important radionuclides released in the course of atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and during accidents in nuclear power plants such as that in Chernobyl, Ukraine, or Fukushima, Japan. The aim of this study was to compare 137Cs and 40K concentrations in particular species of mushrooms from selected locations in the Bohemian Forest (Czech: Šumava), Czech Republic, where a considerable contamination from the Chernobyl accident had been measured in 1986. Samples were collected between June and October 2014. Activities of 137Cs and 40K per dry mass were measured by means of a semiconductor gamma spectrometer. The 137Cs values measured range from below detection limit to 4300 ? 20 Bq kg-1, in the case of 40K from 910 ? 80 to 4300 ? 230 Bq kg-1. Differences were found between individual locations, due to uneven precipitation in the course of the movement of the radioactive cloud after the Chernobyl accident. There are, however, also differences between individual species of mushrooms from identical locations, which inter alia result from different characteristics of the soil and depths of mycelia. The values measured are compared with established limits and exposures from other radiation sources present in the environment. In general, it can be stated that the values measured are relatively low and the effects on the health of the population are negligible compared to other sources of ionizing radiation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

ISSN

0301-634X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

56

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

167-175

UT code for WoS article

000399996800004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85014253998