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Occurrence of organically bound tritium in the Mohelno lake system

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This study was focused on the 3H activity levels in the unique “tritium valley” around the Mohelno reservoir, which receives outlet cooling waters from the Dukovany nuclear power plant. Tritium activity levels above the background reference value were found in water from the reservoir and from the effluent part of the Jihlava water, in air moisture and in plant tissues tissue free water tritium (TFWT), and non-exchangeable organically bound tritium (NE-OBT). These zones were discernible that had noticeably different TFWT and NE-OBT values: (1) littoral zones, (2) slopes above the reservoir, (3) plateaus above the reservoir/river.

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This study was conducted with funding by the institutional funding of Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR (RVO61389005) and by the Czech Ministry of Interior (Project MV-25972-39/OBVV-2010).

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  1. Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR, Na Truhlářce 39/64, 180 86, Prague, Czech Republic

    Tereza Kořínková, Ivo Svetlik, Michal Fejgl, Pavel Simek & Lenka Tomaskova

  2. Department of Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Břehová 7, 110 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    Tereza Kořínková & Pavel Simek

  3. National Radiation Protection Institute, Bartoškova 1450/28, 140 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    Ivo Svetlik & Michal Fejgl

  4. Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina F1, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

    Pavel P. Povinec

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Kořínková, T., Svetlik, I., Fejgl, M. et al. Occurrence of organically bound tritium in the Mohelno lake system. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 2295–2299 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4443-4

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