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. 2020 Jul 18;2(29):537–540. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2020.146

Table 2. Mean concentration (Bq/kg, wet weight) of radionuclides around nuclear power plants in China, 2012−2019.

Food	No. of samples	²³⁸U mean (95%CI)	²²⁸Ra mean (95%CI)	²²⁶Ra mean (95%CI)	⁴⁰K mean (95%CI)	¹³⁷Cs mean (95%CI)
Milk and dairy products	202	1.09 (0.91−1.27)	0.30 (0.27−0.33)	1.20 (0.78−1.62)	185.00 (169.00−201.00)	0.32 (0.27−0.37)
Vegetables	1,023	0.34(0.31−0.37)	0.31 (0.28−0.34)	0.23 (0.20−0.26)	99.80 (96.24−103.36)	0.05 (0.04−0.06)
Tea	90	2.07(1.50−2.64)	2.67 (1.98−3.36)	1.51 (1.19−1.83)	335.00 (282.11−387.89)	0.32 (0.25−0.39)
Cereal	336	0.95(0.85−1.05)	0.60 (0.50−0.70)	0.40 (0.36−0.44)	92.90 (81.78−104.02)	0.09 (0.08−0.10)
Livestock and poultry meat	369	0.63 (0.42−0.84)	0.31 (0.24−0.38)	0.34 (0.25−0.43)	68.30 (64.75−71.85)	0.06 (0.04−0.08)
Fish and seafood	768	0.96 (0.85−1.07)	0.95 (0.82−1.08)	0.55 (0.47−0.63)	67.50(63.85−71.15)	0.04 (0.038−0.042)
Seaweed	109	2.49 (1.47−3.51)	1.07 (0.84−1.30)	0.57 (0.43−0.71)	382.00 (257.90−506.09)	0.03 (0.026−0.034)