Studies on foliar uptake of tritiated water on Spinach sp. during light and dark simulated conditions using environmental chamber :Chetan P Joshi, AK Patra, MK Jha, V Sudheendran, A Baburajan, IV Saradhi, A VinodKumar, Radiation Protection and Environment

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Year : 2021 | Volume : 44 | Issue : 3 | Page : 131--134

Studies on foliar uptake of tritiated water on Spinach sp. during light and dark simulated conditions using environmental chamber

Chetan P Joshi¹, AK Patra¹, MK Jha¹, V Sudheendran², A Baburajan², IV Saradhi³, A VinodKumar³
¹ Environmental Survey Laboratory (Environmental Studies Section, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center), Surat, Gujarat, India
² Environmental Survey Laboratory (Environmental Studies Section, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center), Thane, Maharashtra, India
³ Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Chetan P Joshi
Environmental Survey Laboratory (Environmental Studies Section, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center), Kakrapar Gujarat Site, P.O. Anumala, Surat - 394 651, Gujarat
India

Studies on foliar uptake of tritiated water (HTO) on Spinach sp. during light and dark condition was simulated inside the environmental chamber, and an attempt was made to compute C_TFWT^HTO, C_pfw^HTO, C_pcw^OBT, C_pfw^OBT using basic equations available in IAEA TECDOC1616. The predicted activity was compared with the observed activity. The conversion of tissue-free water tritium (TFWT) to organically bound tritium (OBT) was more in the light condition. The ratio of OBT to TFWT varied from 0.006 to 0.082. The ratio of observed OBT activity (Bq/kg fresh weight) in light to dark conditions varied from 34% to 117%.

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Joshi CP, Patra A K, Jha M K, Sudheendran V, Baburajan A, Saradhi I V, VinodKumar A. Studies on foliar uptake of tritiated water on Spinach sp. during light and dark simulated conditions using environmental chamber.Radiat Prot Environ 2021;44:131-134

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Joshi CP, Patra A K, Jha M K, Sudheendran V, Baburajan A, Saradhi I V, VinodKumar A. Studies on foliar uptake of tritiated water on Spinach sp. during light and dark simulated conditions using environmental chamber. Radiat Prot Environ [serial online] 2021 [cited 2022 Jun 28 ];44:131-134
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