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Naturally occurring 137 Cs, 90 Sr and 226 Ra radionuclides in raw milk in the Sibiu province of Romania
Author(s) -
MIHAELA TITA,
OTTO KETNEY,
OVIDIU TITA
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0307.2012.00859.x
Subject(s) - strontium , radionuclide , caesium , radium , radiochemistry , strontium 90 , isotopes of strontium , contamination , environmental science , chemistry , physics , biology , nuclear physics , ecology , organic chemistry
Milk is a sensitive indicator of the levels of contamination existing in the environment following nuclear incidents, for example at Chernobyl 1986 (Ukraine) and the most recent one in 2011 in Fukushima (Japan). The levels of three radionuclides, caesium 137 Cs, strontium 90 Sr and radium 226 Ra, were determined in cow’s milk from various locations of Sibiu county from 2010 to 2011. The results were compared with the results taken after the explosion at Chernobyl in 1986. The values were within normal limits with insignificant increases of the milk that was collected in the area of Copşa‐Mică and Sibiu.