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Published in final edited form as: Radiat Environ Biophys. 2022 Jun 29;61(3):445–464. doi: 10.1007/s00411-022-00979-1

Table 4.

Ratios of activity of i-th radionuclide in ground deposition to that of 137Cs, Ri/Cs137, at the time of deposition (Minenko et al. 2006)

Radionuclide Region
1a 2b 3c 4d 5e 6f
0.5 g 1.8 1.8 2.8 2.4 2.4
95Zr 2.4 3.6 0.17 1.3 4.0 0.34
95Nb 2.4 3.6 0.17 1.3 4 0.34
99Mo 9.3 7.7 2.0 4.4 4.4 2.4
103Ru 3.3 3.7 1.6 2.8 2.4 1.9
106Ru 0.71 0.93 0.42 1.0 0.85 0.34
132Te 10 8 11 2.6 4.2 4.2
131I 13 16 8.3 17 21 21
132I 10 8 11 2.6 4.2 4.2
133I 14 7.5 3.4 3.4 5 5
135I 5.2 1 0.12 0.017 0.13 0.13
134Cs 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
136Cs 0.3 0.27 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.26
137Cs 1 1 1 1 1 1
140Ba 5 4.7 0.76 6.0 7.6 1.3
140La 5 4.7 0.76 6.0 7.6 1.3
141Ce 3.1 3.9 0.14 2.4 3.8 0.33
144Ce 2 2.8 0.12 1.1 3 0.27
239Np 3 4 0.2 2.4 4 0.3
a

Chernobyl 30 km zone

b

Bragin, Khoiniki, Elsk, Kalinkovichi, Lelchitsy, Loev Mozyr, Narovlya, and Rechitsa raions

c

Gomel-Mogilev caesium spot (see Fig. 1): Buda-Koshelevo, Chechersk, Dobrush, Korma, and Vetka raions in Gomel Oblast and Bykhov, Klimovichi, Kostyukovichi, Krasnopolie, Slavgorod, and Cherikov raions in Mogilev Oblast

d

Gomel-City

e

The remainder of Gomel and Mogilev Oblasts (except for Mogilev-City)

f

Mogilev-City

g

Time of main deposition in given zone, given in days after the accident