METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS 90SR AND 137CS IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS OF SMALL ANIMALS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA DEVELOPED FOR THE CONDITIONS OF THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE

Title: METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS 90SR AND 137CS IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS OF SMALL ANIMALS AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA DEVELOPED FOR THE CONDITIONS OF THE CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE

Author: Bondarkov, Mikhail D / Maksimenko, Andrey M / Gaschak, Sergey P / Zheltonozhsky, Viktor A / Jannik, G Timothy / Farfán, Eduardo B

Reference: Health physics, 101 (4), p.383-392, Oct 2011

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Keywords: Chernobyl, 90Sr, 137Cs, whole body counting

Abstract: To perform in vivo simultaneous measurements of the 90Sr and 137Cs content in the bodies of animals living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ), an appropriate method and equipment were developed and installed in a mobile gamma beta spectrometry laboratory. This technique was designed for animals of relatively small sizes (up to 50 g).

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21878764?dopt=Abstract