21-25 June 2021
Clarion Congress Hotel Prague
Europe/Prague timezone
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#09-121 Plutonium and Americium Inventories in Soil Cores from the English Lake District, Cumbria (UK)

24 Jun 2021, 16:30
5m
AQUARIUS (Clarion Congress Hotel Prague)

AQUARIUS

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague

Poster 09 Environmental and Medical Sciences 09 Environmental and Medical Sciences

Speakers

JOYCE , Malcolm (Lancaster university ) MADINA, Argaia (Lancaster University)

Description

Measurements of trace levels of environmental radioactivity, made with a broad energy germanium (BEGe) detector, for trace actinide (241Am) analysis of soils from the shores of two lakes in the English Lake District, UK, are described. In particular, the need to determine the radioactive concentration (Bq/g) in the soil samples with the intent being to discern natural and anthropogenic contributions, and trends in abundances associated with influences of the landscape, at trace levels in the environment. This has potential benefit for the assessment of 241Am and 241Pu and especially comparisons that might be made with accelerator mass spectrometry assessments.

Primary author

MADINA, Argaia (Lancaster University)

Co-authors

JOYCE , Malcolm (Lancaster university ) Dr TIGHE, Christopher (Lancaster University)

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