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Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020

OBJECTIVES: Radioactivity monitoring around nuclear facilities is crucial to provide important baseline data for effective detection of radioactive leakage to the environment. We aim to establish a baseline study for monitoring radioactive levels of (90)Sr and (137)Cs around Sammen Nuclear Power Pla...

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Autores principales: Wang, Peng, Yu, Shunfei, Zou, Hua, Lou, Xiaoming, Ren, Hong, Zhou, Lei, Lai, Zhongjun, Xuan, Zhiqiang, Gao, Xiangjing, Xu, Qiuliang, Zhou, Zhen, Zhao, Yaoxian, Cao, Yiyao
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9992868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36908432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136623
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author Wang, Peng
Yu, Shunfei
Zou, Hua
Lou, Xiaoming
Ren, Hong
Zhou, Lei
Lai, Zhongjun
Xuan, Zhiqiang
Gao, Xiangjing
Xu, Qiuliang
Zhou, Zhen
Zhao, Yaoxian
Cao, Yiyao
author_facet Wang, Peng
Yu, Shunfei
Zou, Hua
Lou, Xiaoming
Ren, Hong
Zhou, Lei
Lai, Zhongjun
Xuan, Zhiqiang
Gao, Xiangjing
Xu, Qiuliang
Zhou, Zhen
Zhao, Yaoxian
Cao, Yiyao
author_sort Wang, Peng
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description OBJECTIVES: Radioactivity monitoring around nuclear facilities is crucial to provide important baseline data for effective detection of radioactive leakage to the environment. We aim to establish a baseline study for monitoring radioactive levels of (90)Sr and (137)Cs around Sammen Nuclear Power Plant (SNPP) and to assess their associated health impact on surrounding residents. METHODS: In this study, we collected water and food samples around the SNPP from 2011 to 2020 and determined for (90)Sr and (137)Cs activity concentrations. We statistically analyzed the temporal trends of (90)Sr and (137)Cs and evaluated their radiation exposure to the local residents. RESULTS: During this period, the activity concentrations of (90)Sr and (137)Cs varied within 1.2–9.9 mBq/L and 0.10–7.6 mBq/L in water, and 0.037–1.3 Bq/kg and 0.011–0.45 Bq/kg in food, respectively, with no significant seasonal variation trend. CONCLUSIONS: All reported activity concentrations of (90)Sr and (137)Cs were significantly lower than the recommended value of WHO and Chinese national standards. There is no indication of notable radioactive release into the study area due to the operation of SNPP during 2018–2020. The annual effective doses (AEDs) from the ingestion of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food were well below the international permissible limits, indicating the radiation exposure around SNPP during 2011–2020 was kept at a safe level.
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spelling pubmed-99928682023-03-09 Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020 Wang, Peng Yu, Shunfei Zou, Hua Lou, Xiaoming Ren, Hong Zhou, Lei Lai, Zhongjun Xuan, Zhiqiang Gao, Xiangjing Xu, Qiuliang Zhou, Zhen Zhao, Yaoxian Cao, Yiyao Front Public Health Public Health OBJECTIVES: Radioactivity monitoring around nuclear facilities is crucial to provide important baseline data for effective detection of radioactive leakage to the environment. We aim to establish a baseline study for monitoring radioactive levels of (90)Sr and (137)Cs around Sammen Nuclear Power Plant (SNPP) and to assess their associated health impact on surrounding residents. METHODS: In this study, we collected water and food samples around the SNPP from 2011 to 2020 and determined for (90)Sr and (137)Cs activity concentrations. We statistically analyzed the temporal trends of (90)Sr and (137)Cs and evaluated their radiation exposure to the local residents. RESULTS: During this period, the activity concentrations of (90)Sr and (137)Cs varied within 1.2–9.9 mBq/L and 0.10–7.6 mBq/L in water, and 0.037–1.3 Bq/kg and 0.011–0.45 Bq/kg in food, respectively, with no significant seasonal variation trend. CONCLUSIONS: All reported activity concentrations of (90)Sr and (137)Cs were significantly lower than the recommended value of WHO and Chinese national standards. There is no indication of notable radioactive release into the study area due to the operation of SNPP during 2018–2020. The annual effective doses (AEDs) from the ingestion of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food were well below the international permissible limits, indicating the radiation exposure around SNPP during 2011–2020 was kept at a safe level. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9992868/ /pubmed/36908432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136623 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wang, Yu, Zou, Lou, Ren, Zhou, Lai, Xuan, Gao, Xu, Zhou, Zhao and Cao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Wang, Peng
Yu, Shunfei
Zou, Hua
Lou, Xiaoming
Ren, Hong
Zhou, Lei
Lai, Zhongjun
Xuan, Zhiqiang
Gao, Xiangjing
Xu, Qiuliang
Zhou, Zhen
Zhao, Yaoxian
Cao, Yiyao
Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020
title Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020
title_full Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020
title_fullStr Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020
title_full_unstemmed Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020
title_short Levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)Sr and (137)Cs in water and food around Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant (China) from 2011 to 2020
title_sort levels, sources, variations, and human health risk assessment of (90)sr and (137)cs in water and food around sanmen nuclear power plant (china) from 2011 to 2020
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9992868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36908432
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136623
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