Radiocaesium in mosses from the Kopački rit Nature Park in Croatia: searching for undeclared releases from nuclear facilities in war-torn Ukraine-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Radiocaesium in mosses from the Kopački rit Nature Park in Croatia: searching for undeclared releases from nuclear facilities in war-torn Ukraine

Published:2024-06-01 Issue:2 Volume:75 Page:155-158
ISSN:1848-6312
Container-title:Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
language:en
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Author:

Miljanić Nora¹,Zauner Branimir²^ORCID,Babić Dinko²,Petrinec Branko²³

Affiliation:

1. University of Dubrovnik , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computing , Dubrovnik , Croatia

2. Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health , Zagreb , Croatia

3. Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek , Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health , Osijek , Croatia

Abstract

Abstract The invasion of Ukraine and military operations around Ukrainian nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities have prompted us to search for radiocaesium in mosses from the Kopački Rit Nature Park in Croatia, since mosses are known bioindicators of airborne radioactive pollution, and Kopački Rit is a known low radiocaesium background area. Sampling was finished in August 2023, and our analysis found no elevated radiocaesium levels. Kopački Rit therefore remains a suitable place for future detection of anthropogenic radioactive pollutants.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Link

https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/aiht-2024-75-3853

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