TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tanić, Milan N.
AU  - Jankovic Mandić, Ljiljana J.
AU  - Gajić, Boško
AU  - Daković, Marko Z.
AU  - Dragović, Snežana
AU  - Bacić, Goran G.
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4063
AB  - This study evaluates the influence of the largest Serbian coal-fired power plant on radionuclide concentrations in soil profiles up to 50 cm in depth. Thirty soil profiles were sampled from the plant surroundings (up to 10 km distance) and analyzed using standard methods for soil physicochemical properties and gamma ray spectrometry for specific activities of natural radionuclides (K-40, Ra-226 and Th-232) Spatial and vertical distribution of radionuclides was determined and analyzed to show the relations between the specific activities in the soil and soil properties and the most influential factors of natural radionuclide variability were identified. The radiological indices for surface soil were calculated and radiological risk assessment was performed. The measured specific activities were similar to values of BACKGROUND:  levels for Serbia. The sampling depth did not show any significant influence on specific activities of natural radionuclides. The strongest predictor of specific activities of the investigated radionuclides was soil granulometry. All parameters of radiological risk assessment were below the recommended values and adopted limits. It appears that the coal-fired power plant does not have a significant impact on the spatial and vertical distribution of natural radionuclides in the area of interest, but technologically enhanced natural radioactivity as a consequence of the plant operations was identified within the first 1.5 km from the power plant.
PB  - Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Beograd
T2  - Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection
T1  - Natural radionuclides in soil profiles surrounding the largest coal-fired power plant in Serbia
EP  - 259
IS  - 3
SP  - 247
VL  - 31
DO  - 10.2298/NTRP1603247T
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Tanić, Milan N. and Jankovic Mandić, Ljiljana J. and Gajić, Boško and Daković, Marko Z. and Dragović, Snežana and Bacić, Goran G.",
year = "2016",
abstract = "This study evaluates the influence of the largest Serbian coal-fired power plant on radionuclide concentrations in soil profiles up to 50 cm in depth. Thirty soil profiles were sampled from the plant surroundings (up to 10 km distance) and analyzed using standard methods for soil physicochemical properties and gamma ray spectrometry for specific activities of natural radionuclides (K-40, Ra-226 and Th-232) Spatial and vertical distribution of radionuclides was determined and analyzed to show the relations between the specific activities in the soil and soil properties and the most influential factors of natural radionuclide variability were identified. The radiological indices for surface soil were calculated and radiological risk assessment was performed. The measured specific activities were similar to values of BACKGROUND:  levels for Serbia. The sampling depth did not show any significant influence on specific activities of natural radionuclides. The strongest predictor of specific activities of the investigated radionuclides was soil granulometry. All parameters of radiological risk assessment were below the recommended values and adopted limits. It appears that the coal-fired power plant does not have a significant impact on the spatial and vertical distribution of natural radionuclides in the area of interest, but technologically enhanced natural radioactivity as a consequence of the plant operations was identified within the first 1.5 km from the power plant.",
publisher = "Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Beograd",
journal = "Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection",
title = "Natural radionuclides in soil profiles surrounding the largest coal-fired power plant in Serbia",
pages = "259-247",
number = "3",
volume = "31",
doi = "10.2298/NTRP1603247T"
}

Tanić, M. N., Jankovic Mandić, L. J., Gajić, B., Daković, M. Z., Dragović, S.,& Bacić, G. G.. (2016). Natural radionuclides in soil profiles surrounding the largest coal-fired power plant in Serbia. in Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection
Univerzitet u Beogradu - Institut za nuklearne nauke Vinča, Beograd., 31(3), 247-259.
https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP1603247T

Tanić MN, Jankovic Mandić LJ, Gajić B, Daković MZ, Dragović S, Bacić GG. Natural radionuclides in soil profiles surrounding the largest coal-fired power plant in Serbia. in Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection. 2016;31(3):247-259.
doi:10.2298/NTRP1603247T .

Tanić, Milan N., Jankovic Mandić, Ljiljana J., Gajić, Boško, Daković, Marko Z., Dragović, Snežana, Bacić, Goran G., "Natural radionuclides in soil profiles surrounding the largest coal-fired power plant in Serbia" in Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection, 31, no. 3 (2016):247-259,
https://doi.org/10.2298/NTRP1603247T . .