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Accumulation of 226Ra, 238U and 230Th by wetland plants in a vicinity of U-mill tailings at Žirovski vrh (Slovenia)

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The impact of a U-mill tailing on radionuclide accumulation by plants was assayed. In particular, a preliminary screening of 226Ra, 238U and 230Th in Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris L.), soft rush (Juncus effusus L.) and Tall Moor grass (Molinia arundinacea (L.) Moench) grown in a marsh habitat is presented. Activity concentrations for the studied radionuclides and their transfer factors for the particular plants are shown and discussed.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the Slovenian Research Agency (contract no. P2-0075). The authors would like to thank Mr. Jože Rojc of the Rudnik Žirovski vrh company for his cooperation and to the Centre for Pedology of the Agronomy Department, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, for soil characteristics determination.

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    Marko Černe, Borut Smodiš, Marko Štrok & Radojko Jaćimović

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Černe, M., Smodiš, B., Štrok, M. et al. Accumulation of 226Ra, 238U and 230Th by wetland plants in a vicinity of U-mill tailings at Žirovski vrh (Slovenia). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 286, 323–327 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0708-0

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