Cesium, americium and plutonium isotopes in ground level air of Vilnius

Artificial radionuclides in the atmosphere over Lithuania

“…The organic substances to a great extent can affect the speciation of volatile radionuclides. Probably, these findings could make clear the unusual aqueous speciation of 137 Cs in aerosol samples collected on 6e9 September 2002 when water-soluble caesium was found to be bound to low-molecular weight organic substances (Lujanien_ e et al, 2006).…”

Aerosol radioactivity record in Bratislava/Slovakia following the Fukushima accident – A comparison with global fallout and the Chernobyl accident

“…The cosmogenic 7 Be, produced in the lower stratosphere and upper troposphere, has been widely used as a tracer of atmospheric processes ( Durana et al, 1996;Lujaniené et al, 1997;Lujaniené, 2000;Pham et al, 2005Pham et al, , 2011Yoshimori, 2005;Ioannidou and Papastefanou, 2006;Simon et al, 2009). Although the production of 7 Be in the atmosphere is very different from 137 Cs, its presence in the troposphere, and specifically its transport from the stratosphere/troposphere to the ground-level air could help better understand the behavior of Fukushima radionuclides in the troposphere.…”

“…The 137 Cs in the terrestrial environment is present in atmospheric aerosols, soil and vegetation. It has been used worldwide as a tracer of environmental processes, specifically for studying transport processes in atmospheric, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems (Lee et al, 2002;Igarashi et al, 2005;Pham et al, 2005Pham et al, , 2011Lujaniené et al, 2006Lujaniené et al, , 2009Masson et al, 2009). Because of relatively easy analytical methodologies, it has been monitored in the atmosphere since the beginning of the 1960's.…”

Biosorption of Uranium Ions by Marine Macroalga Padina pavonia

“…The development of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons has caused significant releases of radionuclides into the environment which may persist for many years . Radionuclides like uranium are of particular concern due to their high toxicity and long half lives.…”