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SUBMITTER: Bu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4505309 | biostudies-other | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Bu Wenting W Ni Youyi Y Guo Qiuju Q Zheng Jian J Uchida Shigeo S
Scientific reports 20150717
For the first time, soil core samples from the Jiuquan region have been analyzed for Pu isotopes for radioactive source identification and radiological assessment. The Jiuquan region is in downwind from the Lop Nor Chinese nuclear test (CNT) site. The high Pu inventories (13 to 546 Bq/m(2)) in most of the sampling locations revealed that this region was heterogeneously contaminated by the regional fallout Pu from the CNTs. The contributions of the CNTs to the total Pu in soils were estimated to ...[more]