The temporal variations of (7)Be, (210)Pb and (210)Po in air in England
| Autor: | J.E. Rowe, C.J. Dale, S.R. Daish, R. May, A.A. Dale |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Grande bretagne
Polonium Air sampling Meteorology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Air pollution Atmospheric sciences medicine.disease_cause Atmosphere Radiation Monitoring medicine Environmental Chemistry Waste Management and Disposal Radioisotopes Radionuclide Sampling (statistics) General Medicine Lead Radioisotopes Seasonality medicine.disease Pollution Ground level England Air Pollutants Radioactive Environmental science Beryllium Seasons Bismuth |
| Zdroj: | Journal of environmental radioactivity. 84(3) |
| ISSN: | 0265-931X |
| Popis: | We have conducted measurements of naturally occurring radionuclides (7)Be, (210)Pb and (210)Po in air at ground level at Chilton, Oxfordshire, England. The sampling and analysis regime for the latter two isotopes has been optimised to minimise uncertainties in measurement due to decay of (210)Po and in-growth of (210)Pb during the sampling and analysis period. Analysis times were reduced by using Cerenkov counting to assay the (210)Bi daughter of (210)Pb. Monthly data collected over a four-year period are presented and discussed. (7)Be activity concentrations appear to peak in spring. (210)Pb activity concentrations also follow a seasonal trend reflecting different (222)Rn emanation rates from soil during winter and summer. Data for (210)Po show no such trend. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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