Plutonium, 90Sr and 241Am in human bones from southern and northeastern parts of Poland |
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Authors: | Kamil Brudecki Jerzy W. Mietelski Robert Anczkiewicz Edward B. Golec Ewa Tomankiewicz Konstanty Kuźma Paweł Zagrodzki Joanna Golec Sebastian Nowak Elżbieta Szczygieł Zbigniew Dudkiewicz |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland 2. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland 3. 5th Military Clinical Hospital with Polyclinic, Kraków, Poland 4. Faculty of Motor of the Bronislaw Czech University School of Physical Education, Kraków, Poland 5. Faculty of Physical Therapy, Administration College, Bielsko-Bia?a, Poland 6. General Hospital in Bielsk Podlaski, Bielsk Podlaski, Poland 7. Chair of Bromathology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland 8. Hand Surgery Clinic, Chair of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Medical University ?ód?, Lodz, Poland
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Abstract: | The paper presents the results of our study on 238Pu, 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Am and 90Sr concentration in human bones carried out on a set of 88 individual samples of central Europe origin. Bone tissue samples were retrieved under surgery while introducing hip joint implants. The conducted surgeries tend to cover either southern or northeastern parts of Poland. While for the southern samples only global fallout was expected to be seen, a mixed global and Chernobyl fallout were to be reflected in the others. Alpha spectrometry was applied to obtain activity concentration for 238Pu, 239+240Pu, 241Am, while liquid scintillation spectrometry for 90Sr and mass spectrometry to receive 240Pu/239Pu mass ratio. Surprisingly enough, and to the contrary to our expectations we could not see any significant differences in either Pu activity or Pu mass ratio between the studied populations. In both populations Chernobyl fraction proved marginal. The results on 90Sr and 241Am confirm similarities between the two examined groups. |
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