Original scientific paper

90Sr and 137Cs in pilchards from the Adriatic Sea

Z. Franić ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
N. Lokobauer ; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The biological concentration factors for the system pilchard/sea-water for 90Sr and 137Cs are presented and discussed. The 90St concentration factor was constant, whereas the concentration factor for 137Cs steadily increased after the Chernobyl accident. An UNSCFAR model was used to describp 90Sr transfer from fallout deposition to pilchards. Tire transfer coefficient was calculated to be 1.85 x 10-3 Bq yr kg-1/(Bq-2). The dose incurred by pilchard consumption was estimated for the Croatian population, the annual collective equivalent dose being less than 0.1 Sv.

Keywords

marine organisms; radioactive contamination; fallout; radiochemical methods; sea-water

Hrčak ID:

147190

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/147190

Publication date:

20.4.1994.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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