Gamma-ray spectrometry analysis was made of urine samples from 43 tourists who had visited Kiev late in April, 1986. Seven of 43 samples contained significant amounts of
137Cs ranging in concentration from 0.14 to 0.40 pCi/ml along with other fission products. The initial intake of
137Cs was estimated to be 50 to 230 nCi, which would result in a rise of the level of
137Cs retention up to two orders of magnitude.
Tourists'' baggage was also submitted to gamma-ray spectrometry analysis at NIRS
*. The results suggested the presence of
239Np in air in Kiev and the possibility of the inhalation of its daughter nuclides by tourists. The intake of
239Pu was estimated to be 220 to 1400 pCi from each estimated value of the
239Pu/ 239Np radioactivity ratio in the fuel, the 239Np/
137Cs ratio in air and the
137Cs body burden.
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