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The impact of a Czech nuclear power plant operation on the Vltava River radioactivity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2005

J.C. Barescut ,
J.C. Gariel ,
J.M. Péres ,
M. Švadlenková  and
E. Hanslík
M. Švadlenková
Affiliation:
University of South Bohemia, Dept. of Physics, Jeronýmova 10, 371 15 České Budejovice, Czech Republic, e-mail: maja@jcu.cz
E. Hanslík
Affiliation:
T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, Podbabská 30, 160 62 Praha 6, Czech Republic, e-mail: Eduard_Hanslik@vuv.cz
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Abstract

In this contribution, the results of the radioactivity bio-monitoring of the Vltava River before (1996-2000) and after (2000-2003) the start-up of the PWR-type South Bohemian nuclear power plant are presented. The liquid radioactive effluents are discharged into the Vltava River, which also serves as a source of drinking water intended for Prague. The bio-monitoring was made by means of water plants and freshwater bivalve that are found along the watercourse. Biological samples were processed and then the activity of natural and man-made radionuclides was assessed by gamma-spectrometry. The analysed statistical data did not prove any impact of the three years NPP operation on the Vltava River radioactivity.

Type
Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 40 , Issue S1 , May 2005 , pp. S811 - S815
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2005

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