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Radiometry of milk and mineral water from the Western Cape Lerato Sedumedi

zThemba LABS, P. 0 Box 722, Somerset West, 7129, South Africa

Abstract

A radiometric analysis of liquid milk and mineral water available at convenience stores in the Western Cape, South Africa was performed. The study, conducted by

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means of high-resolution r-ray spectroscopy focussed on determining the activity

concentrati~ns of the anthropogenic nuclides 137Cs (half-life 30 years), 1311 (half-life 8 days) in milk and natural radionuclides

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26Ra, 23

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238U and 4°K) in mineral water. The measurements were made using a high purity germanium detector (2.6 keV

FWHM: resolution at 1.33 MeV, 45 % relative efficiency) at the iThemba LABS facility, about 30 km from Cape Town. The full-energy peak absolute detection efficiency as a function of r-ray energy was determined using a liquid standard source containing 152Eu, 137Cs and 6°Co.

Twelve samples of liquid milk (four samples per brand) were analysed. The presence of anthropogenic nuclides was not observed in milk samples. The average 137Cs and 131

1 activities were found to be consistent with zero to within statistical uncertainties. In view of this, the minimum detectable activi,ties (MDA) of 137Cs and 1311 were

calculated using a commonly used prescription. The MDA concentrations were found

to be 0.06 Bq/l and 0.07 Bq/l, respectively. It was only the 1461 keY line associated with the decay of 4°K that was clearly above background in the milk spectra. The average 4°K activity concentration was found to be 51.4 ± 0.4 Bq/l.

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