Soil to rice grain transfer factor and radiological dose of 137Cs and 90Sr around Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS), Narora, India

Manbir Singh; V. K. Garg; Y. P. Gautam; Avinash Kumar

doi:10.1007/s10967-015-3939-2

Soil to rice grain transfer factor and radiological dose of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr around Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS), Narora, India

Manbir Singh
, V. K. Garg^*
, Y. P. Gautam
, Avinash Kumar

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr concentration in rice grain and corresponding agricultural soils were measured (2009–2011) within 15 km radius of Narora Atomic Power Station (NAPS), Narora, India. ¹³⁷Cs activity was in the range of BDL (<0.2)—0.65 ± 0.18 Bq kg⁻¹ in rice grains and from BDL (<0.56)—2.06 ± 0.36 Bq kg⁻¹in soil samples. ⁹⁰Sr content was BDL (<0.095 Bq kg⁻¹) in all rice grain samples. Transfer factor of ¹³⁷Cs from soil to rice grain was in the range of 0.10–0.40. Ingestion dose from rice consumption was significantly lesser than the permissible limits of 1.0 mSv year⁻¹, thus posing no radiological health risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1275-1283
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	304
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-3939-2
Publication status	Published - 01-01-2015
Externally published	Yes

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Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Pollution
Spectroscopy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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