| NUKLEONIKA 2010, 55(3):377-386
RADIONUCLIDES 137Cs AND 40K IN THE SOILS OF THE TATRA NATIONAL PARK (TPN, POLAND)Barbara Kubica1,2, Stefan Skiba3, Marek Drewnik3, Marcin Stobiński1, Małgorzata Kubica1, Janusz Gołaś2, Ryszard Misiak1 1 The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics of Polish Academy of Sciences, 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 30-341 Kraków, Poland 2 Faculty of Fuels and Energy, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 A. Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Kraków, Poland 3 Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa Str., 30-387 Kraków, Poland The paper presents the results of radioactivity determination of artificial 137Cs and natural 40K in soil samples taken from the Tatra Mountains in Poland (Tatra National Park – TPN). Soil samples were collected as the cores of 10 cm in diameter and 10 cm in depth. These cores were divided into 3 slices. It has been found that the content of 137Cs was the highest at the sites of the altitude over 1300 m a.s.l. The values of 137Cs concentration in the soils examined varied – from 55.8 Bq kg–1 (dry mass) (417.8 Bq m–2) for the Tomanowa Pass (1685 m a.s.l.) to 5111 Bq kg–1 (dry mass) (8400 Bq m–2) for the Krzyżne Pass (2112 m a.s.l.). In most cases, the values were lower than the average radiocaesium concentration established for Poland. Close X |