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Determination of low-level tritium concentrations in surface water and precipitation in the Czech Republic

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Past tests of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, nuclear energy facilities and tritium of natural origin are main sources of tritium in the environment. Thanks to its presence in environment and its favourable properties, tritium is used as a radiotracer. Since stopping of atmospheric nuclear tests, tritium in precipitation has been decreasing towards natural levels below 1 Bq l−1 and precise analyses of low level tritium activities are necessary. This paper focuses on tritium development at sites not influenced by any technogenic release of tritium in Elbe River basin (Bohemia) in the Czech Republic using liquid scintillation measurement with electrolytic enrichment.

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  1. Department of Radioecology, T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i., Podbabská 2582/30, 160 00, Prague, Czech Republic

    Diana Marešová, Eduard Hanslík, Eva Juranová & Barbora Sedlářová

  2. Faculty of Science, Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Benátská 2, 128 43, Prague, Czech Republic

    Eva Juranová

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Marešová, D., Hanslík, E., Juranová, E. et al. Determination of low-level tritium concentrations in surface water and precipitation in the Czech Republic. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 681–687 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5410-z

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