Abstract

The importance of an information about the baseline value of radionuclides in the sea of Wakatobi and Kendari to see how large the input or contamination of radionuclides in the area. This contamination can come from waste human activities such as industry and nuclear utilization activities that are biased carried by seawater currents and air gusts. Natural and anthropogenic radionuclide concentrations in the Wakatobi and Kendari seas have been measured using a Gamma spectrometer (HPGe).The monitoring results show that both 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 137Cs indicate that they are in normal condition and do not exceed the safe limit. The data presented in this study will be very important and useful to be used as basic data in mapping the improvement of radionuclide contamination in the area.

Details

Title
Baseline levels of radionuclides concentration in the sea of Wakatobi and Kendari
Author
Priasetyono, Y 1 ; Untara 1 ; Makmur, M 1 ; Prihatiningsih, W R 1 ; Yahya, M N 1 ; Putra, D I P 1 

 Center for Technology of Radiation Safety and Metrology - National Nuclear Energy Agency 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Oct 2021
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17551307
e-ISSN
17551315
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2595150166
Copyright
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