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Tritium along the banks of the Danube and the Black Sea shore of Romania

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Determination of tritium along Danube River Banks, in shallow waters, from Baziaş to Sulina, led to an average value of 29 TU and to a slight increasing tendency. Upstream/downstream “signatures” of Kozloduy NPP and Cernavoda NPP, and lower values on the left bank than on right bank in Romania, between Ostrov and Tulcea were highlighted. For Black Sea Coast seashore waters, from Periboina to Vama Veche (55 points; average 31 TU), was highlighted tritium decreasing southward, a rising into central area, a difference between exposed and gulf areas, between seawater and adjacent lakes by the sea.

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This work was supported by following fundings: PNCDI 51-053/2007 (Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI), a public institution subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Research), PN 09 37 03 01, PN 16 42 02 03 national institutional projects, and PN2 Large Capacities—Developing Infrastructure for Frontier Research in Nuclear Physics and Related Fields (IV) national project; with special thanks to Mihaela Teodorescu, Sorin Dumitru, Monica Bădoi IFIN-HH, DFVM Department, and to Dr. Cristian Postolache IFIN-HH DRMR Department for access to Tritiulab facilities. Last but not least, we thank the referents who, through a serious work and ideas of modification throughout the whole text, inspired us to obtain an improved scientific contribution.

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    Corina A. Simion & Romul M. Margineanu

  2. Murfatlar Vineyard - Murfatlar Viticulture-Vinification Research and Development Station (SCDVV Murfatlar), 2 Bucureşti St., 905100, Murfatlar-Constanţa, Romania

    Petru Bolos

  3. Grigore Antipa National Institute for Marine Research-Development, 300 Mamaia Blvd., 900581, Constanța, Romania

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Simion, C.A., Margineanu, R.M., Bolos, P. et al. Tritium along the banks of the Danube and the Black Sea shore of Romania. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 619–629 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07975-7

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