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Retrospective study of 14C concentration in the vicinity of NPP Jaslovské Bohunice using tree rings and the AMS technique

Authors :
Pavel P. Povinec
A. Šivo
M. Ješkovský
Robin Golser
Peter Steier
M. Richtáriková
Source :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 361:129-132
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2015.

Abstract

Atmospheric radiocarbon has been monitored around the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Jaslovske Bohunice (Slovakia) using CO2 absorption in NaOH solution since 1969. In 2012, tree ring samples were collected from Tilia cordata using an increment borer at Žlkovce monitoring station situated close to the Bohunice NPP. Each tree ring was identified and graphite targets were produced for 14C analysis by accelerator mass spectrometry. The 14C concentrations obtained from the tree-ring samples have been in a reasonable agreement with the averaged annual 14C concentrations in atmospheric CO2.

Details

ISSN :
0168583X
Volume :
361
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........53c8cb10d56d7208ea226ce983a63785
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.04.036