Radionuclide metrology methods and analysis of the Joint Danube Survey 4 sediment samples

Franz Josef Maringer; Rainer Kadan; Claudia Landstetter; Eva-Maria Lindner-Leschinski; Lisa Kleinrath; Martin Korner; Alexander Redl; Hannah Wiedner

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110780

Radionuclide metrology methods and analysis of the Joint Danube Survey 4 sediment samples

Appl Radiat Isot. 2023 Jun:196:110780. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110780. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

Authors

Franz Josef Maringer¹, Rainer Kadan², Claudia Landstetter², Eva-Maria Lindner-Leschinski², Lisa Kleinrath³, Martin Korner², Alexander Redl³, Hannah Wiedner⁴

Affiliations

¹ BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter Jordan Straße 82, 1190, Wien, Austria; TU Wien - University of Technology Vienna, Karlsplatz 13, 1040, Wien, Austria. Electronic address: franz-josef.maringer@boku.ac.at.
² AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220, Wien, Austria.
³ TU Wien - University of Technology Vienna, Karlsplatz 13, 1040, Wien, Austria.
⁴ Labor für Strahlenschutz, Magistratsabteilung 39, Stadt Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1190, Wien, Austria.

PMID: 36958079
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110780

Abstract

This low-level radionuclide metrology research work was carried out within the Joint Danube Survey 4 (JDS4), coordinated in 2018-2020 by the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR). The gamma-emitting radionuclides of the sediment samples were analysed by low-level gamma-ray spectrometry. The activity concentration of ⁹⁰Sr was determined by liquid scintillation counting (LSC) after isolating the radio-strontium using a new radiochemical separation method. The results of the radiometric analysis of ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs and naturally occurring radionuclides ⁴⁰K, ²¹⁰Pb, ²²⁶Ra, ²²⁸Ra in recent riverbed sediment are presented and discussed focused on public health.

Keywords: (137)Cs; (210)Pb; (226)Ra; (228)Ra; (40)K; (90)Sr; Danube River; Low-level radionuclide metrology; Radioecology.