Applicability of non-destructive equipment for radioactivity measurement to screening radio-cesium in foods.


Journal

Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine
ISSN: 1872-9800
Titre abrégé: Appl Radiat Isot
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306253

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Historique:
received: 31 05 2022
revised: 15 11 2022
accepted: 13 01 2023
pubmed: 28 1 2023
medline: 8 3 2023
entrez: 27 1 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

This study aimed to evaluate the applicability of non-destructive radioactivity measurement equipments for screening radio-cesium in whole foods without sample preparation procedures. Wild mushrooms and bamboo shoots were collected and studied using five different non-destructive radioactivity devices, and activity concentration was determined by conventional gamma-ray spectrometry using a Ge-detector. Linear regression analyses of activity concentrations were conducted and prediction intervals determined as uncertainties. Overall, non-destructive radioactivity measurement devices found to be suitable for screening radioactive cesium contamination in foods with an effective screening level.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36706515
pii: S0969-8043(23)00024-6
doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110671
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Cesium Radioisotopes 0
Cesium 1KSV9V4Y4I

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

110671

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Takahiro Yamada (T)

Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kindai University, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 5778502, Japan; Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 5778502, Japan. Electronic address: tyamada@kindai.ac.jp.

Katsumasa Furutaka (K)

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Higashiosaka, Osaka, 5778502, Japan.

Mayumi Hachinohe (M)

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 3058642, Japan.

Akiko Hachisuka (A)

National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, 2100821, Japan.

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