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Radiocesium dynamics in fruit trees following the Chernobyl accident
M Antonopoulos-Domis1, A Clouvas, A Gagianas
1Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Health Physics
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
Contamination of fruits and leaves from various trees with 137Cs from the Chernobyl accident was systematically studied from 1987 to 1990 on two farms in Northern Greece. Measured biological half-lives for 137Cs are in good agreement with a recently presented model. Contamination of leaves and fruits of trees planted before the accident decays exponentially with time. Contamination of trees planted after the Chernobyl accident was also studied.