Radiological impact of an active quarry in the Papuk Nature Park, Croatia

Figures & Tables

Area	Activity concentration(Bq/kg)
Area	¹³⁷Cs	⁴⁰K	²³²Th	²³⁸U	²²⁶Ra	²¹⁰Pb
Plitvice, Croatia (40)	14.7–510.9	84.9–194	2.03–8.92	<DL–12.3	5.9–23.6	67.9–369
Beograd area, Serbia (46)	9–221	110–490	<DL–45	<DL–80	<DL–75
Northern Greece (47)	0–425	120–750				147–1920
Salzburg area, Austria (48)	1145–14092	51–319
Odur province, Turkey (49)	31–469	350–1440
Bosnia and Herzegovina (50)	4–1612
Eastern Serbia (39)		64–484	1.4–28	1.1–50	1.1–41
Eastern Serbia (51)		25–427	1.0–37	0.4–28	0.3–36
Palong area, Malaysia (52)			2.8–14.0	1.44–7.68
Serbia (53)			<DL–17		2.2–36	526–881
Thailand (53)			2.5–327		<DL–300	199–660
Sobieswo island, Poland (54)				1.36–3.87		133–501
Bosnia and Herzegovina (55)						<DL–2000
Thrace region, Turkey (41)						178–852
Western Turkey (56)						200–650
North-western Turkey (57)						219–724
Papuk, Croatia	0.53–35.0	150–437	5.92–29.2	<DL–39.1	<DL–37.3	233–996

Location	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Latitude	45°30'12''	45°30'13''	45°30'15''	45°30'19''	45°30'27''	45°30'37''	45°30'45''
Longitude	17°48'09''	17°48'19''	17°48'58''	17°49'10''	17°49'16''	17°49'27''	17°49'38''
H*(10) (μSv/h)	0.10±0.03	0.12±0.05	0.10±0.03	0.10±0.05	0.10±0.04	0.05±0.02	0.10±0.04
Location	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Latitude	45°30'53''	45°30'17''	45°30'18''	45°30'17''	45°30'17''	45°30'18''	45°30'21''
Longitude	17°49'52''	17°48'29''	17°48'34''	17°48'38''	17°48'47''	17°49'00''	17°48'57''
H*(10) (μSv/h)	0.14±0.05	0.11±0.03	0.11±0.03	0.12±0.03	0.10±0.03	0.09±0.03	0.11±0.03
Location	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Latitude	45°30'25''	45°30'29''	45°30'41''	45°30'44''	45°30'50''	45°30'53''	45°30'58''
Longitude	17°49'09''	17°49'16''	17°49'30''	17°49'35''	17°49'45''	17°49'49''	17°49'58''
H*(10) (μSv/h)	0.10±0.02	0.09±0.03	0.10±0.03	0.08±0.03	0.10±0.03	0.12±0.03	0.10±0.03
Location	22	23	24	25	26
Latitude	45°31'03''	45°30'57''	45°30'55''	45°30'38''	45°30'42''
Longitude	17°50'02''	17°51'30''	17°51'34''	17°49'41''	17°49'46''
H*(10) (μSv/h)	0.10±0.02	0.10±0.03	0.09±0.03	0.12±0.03	0.08±0.03

Group	Activity concentration(Bq/kg)
Group	⁴⁰K	¹³⁷Cs	²³²Th	²³⁸U	²²⁶Ra	²¹⁰Pb
1	278	13.4	19.4	27.4	13.6	483
2	263	11.8	11.8	17.8	14.5	567
3	214	17.3	12.9	19.4	16.8	605
4	211	30.4	7.17	<DL	2.26	437

Location	Activity concentration (Bq/kg)
Location	⁴⁰K	¹³⁷Cs	²³²Th	²³⁸U	²²⁶Ra	²¹⁰Pb
1	409±20	2.50±1.5	29.2±5	35.8±10	15.5±1	241±35
2	222±10	12.1±0.9	13.8±2	24.8±6	20.4±1	303±20
3	357±20	35.0±2	12.9±3	18.5±8	18.5±1	607±50
4	379±10	2.47±0.7	24.6±3	39.1±10	37.3±2	233±30
5	178±10	25.9±1	12.5±2	17.8±6	19.2±2	778±40
6	170±10	8.17±1	9.99±3	17.0±13	5.54±0.4	363±30
7	150±9	24.1±1	9.57±2	12.6±5	11.6 ±0.9	654±30
8	300±10	5.56±0.6	5.92±1	8.50±4	6.18±0.7	672±30
9	203±10	25.4±2	15.1±3	21.6±11	4.72±0.6	903±60
10	247±20	11.8±1	15.9±3.5	37.8±10	18.2±2	996±80
11	167±9	7.11±1	8.98±2	12.0±5	13.2 ±0.9	800±30
12	173±10	11.2±1	10.7±2	11.0±6	8.04±0.6	897±40
13	213±10	20.9±2	13.5±3	14.2±7	30.0±2	289±45
14	144±10	22.4±2	10.2±3	<20	3±0.3	603±70
15	153±10	13.8±1	11.0±2	<5	4±0.5	779±70
16	178±10	16.1±2	10.7±3	11.5±8	27.8±3	498±50
17	222±20	24.6 ±2	14.3±4	17.4±6	21.8±2	405±60
18	199±10	25.8±2	13.3±3	17.6±10	11.5±1.5	620±40
19	189±10	24.5±2	8.71±3	24.0±20	12.2±1	625±60
20	184±10	12.6±1	10.1±2	18.0±7	19.2±2	754±40
21	213±10	15.3±1	9.07±3	12.6±6	4.15±0.4	564±40
22	332±10	7.65±1	11.5±2	16.3±12	29.9±2	418±60
23	232±10	25.7±2	6.49±3	<10	2±0.2	303±50
24	198±10	35.0±2	7.84±3	<10	<2	571±50
25	437±20	4.40±1	22.1±5	26.2±10	6.37±0.5	536±70
26	301±10	0.53±0.5	17.59±3	24.6±7	26.5±1.5	310±30
Range	150–437	0.53–35.0	5.92–29.2	<DL–39.1	<DL–37.3	233–996
Average	236	16.2	12.9	19.9	15.1	566