Crustaceous lichens sensitive monitor of caesium-137 radiation level in terrestrial environment

<正> The activity of caesium-137(Bq/kg)in the crustaceous lichens and othersamples was determined to prove the feasibility that crustaceous lichens work as a sen-sitive biology monitor to record the caesium-137(Bq/kg)radiation levels of terrestri-al environment.The measurements were performed with GEM series HPGe(high-pu-rity Germanium)coaxial detector system(ADCAM-100)made by EC & GORTECCompany in USA.It was found that the activity of caesium-137(Bq/kg)in the cru-staceous lichens was one order of magnitude higher than that found in surface soil,and was over three orders of magnitude higher than those found in the familiar biologi-cal samples.These results proved that crustaceous lichens may be one of the mostsensitive biolog-ical monitors about the remote transmission and environmental radia-tion levels of caesium-137.     

Crustaceous lichens sensitive monitor of caesium-137 radiation level in terrestrial environment

The activity of caesium-137 （Bq/kg） in the crustaceous lichens and other samples was determined to prove the feasibility that crustaceous lichens work as a sensitive biology monitor to record the caesium-137 （Bq/kg） radiation levels of terrestrial environment. The measurements were performed with GEM series HPGe （ high-purity Germanium） coaxial detector system （ADCAM -100 ） made by EC ＆ GORTEC Company in USA. It was found that the activity of caesium-137 （Bq/kg） in the crustaceous lichens was one order of magnitude higher than that found in surface soil, and was over throe orders of magnitude higher than those found in the familiar biological samples. These results proved that crustaceous lichens may be one of the most sensitive biological monitors about the remote transmission and environmental radiation levels of caesium-137.