Michael G. Buzinny

Publications

• Natural radionuclides in underground water in Ukraine.

  Michael Buzinny, Victor Sakhno, Maxim Romanchenko

  LSC 2010: proc. of the Int. Conf. on Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry,, Paris, France, September 6-10, 2010.; 01/2011

  Ukrainian national radiation regulations for potable underground water establish the following maximum values: natural uranium at 1.0 Bq/L; 226Ra at 1.0 Bq/L; 228Ra at 1.0 Bq/L; and radon at 100.0 Bq/L. We use liquid scintillation counting (LSC)-based technology for monitoring natural radionuclides ... [more] Ukrainian national radiation regulations for potable underground water establish the following maximum values: natural uranium at 1.0 Bq/L; 226Ra at 1.0 Bq/L; 228Ra at 1.0 Bq/L; and radon at 100.0 Bq/L. We use liquid scintillation counting (LSC)-based technology for monitoring natural radionuclides in underground water. The current routine sample analysis procedure includes 10 mL of water and 10 mL of a water-immiscible, toluene-based cocktail for radon measurement, tetraphenyl borate (TBP) in toluene extraction of natural uranium from a 1-L sample, preconcentration and a water-immiscible, toluene-based cocktail for 226Ra by radon measurement in Teflon® vials after 7–10 days equilibration. Preconcentration and LSC using the OptiPhase HiSafe 3 after 1 day is used for total alpha and total beta measurement. 228Ra measurement in water is performed in case of elevated 226Ra levels or when an unknown beta activity is present. The 228Ra testing procedure includes gamma spectroscopy or coprecipitation from a 1- to 2-L sample and 228Ac measurement by LSC using Optiphase HiSafe 3. 210Po and 210Pb were found in some waters when high levels of uranium and/or 226Ra were present. Details of spatial distribution of water radioactivity are described. LSC 2010: proc. of the Int. Conf. on Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spec-trometry, Paris, France, September 6-10, 2010. [Edited by Philippe Cassette]. 2O11. - Tucson: Radiocarbon. - P. 81 - 85.

• Combined LSC Based Method for Radon in Air Measurement

  Buzinny M.

  LSC 2008: Int. Conf. on Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, Davos, Switzerland; 01/2010

• LSC-Based Approach for Radon in Soil Gas Measurement

  M. Buzinny, V. Sakhno, M. Romanchenko

  LSC 2008: Int. Conf. on Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, Davos, Switzerland, May 25-30, 2008.; 01/2010

• LSC-based approach for water analyses around the Chernobyl NPP.

  Michael Buzinny, Nikolay Panasjuk, Nikolay Tsygankov

  Advances in LSC: Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry 2005, : Int. Conf. on, 2005, Katovice, Poland; 01/2006

• Radioactive graphite dispersion in the environment in the vicinity of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

  Michael Buzinny.

  RADIOCARBON,. 01/2006; Vol. 48,(No. 3.):pp. 451-458..

• Method for Pb-210 measurement in air based on LSC.

  Buzinny M.G., Soroka Yu. N.

  In Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry 2005, Int. Conf. on Advances in LSC 2005, Katovice, Poland; 01/2006

• Express-method for Pb-210 measurement in air based on LSC.

  Michael Buzinny, Yurij Soroka

  Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectroscopy 2005. Abstracts. P.60. In Mining and Environment., 17-21 October 2005. Katowice. Glowny instytut gornictwa. Central mining institute. ISSN 1643-7608.; 01/2005

• LSC-based approach for water analyses around the Chornobyl NPP.

  Michael Buzinny, Nikolay Panasjuk, Nikolay Tsygankov.

  Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectroscopy 2005. Abstracts. In Mining and Environment., 17-21 October 2005. Katowice. Glowny instytut gornictwa. Central mining institute.; 01/2005
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  Plutonium and other alpha emitters in mushrooms from Poland, Spain and Ukraine.

  J W Mietelsk, A S Baeza, J Guillen, M Buzinny, N Tsigankov, P Gaca, M Jasińska, E Tomankiewicz

  Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 06/2002; 56(5):717-29.

  The paper presents results on Pu, U and Th isotope activity concentration measurements in some mushroom samples collected in Poland, Spain and Ukraine. The sampling sites differ a lot with regard to observed levels of Pu, its origin and isotope ratios as well as the environmental properties. Some of... [more] The paper presents results on Pu, U and Th isotope activity concentration measurements in some mushroom samples collected in Poland, Spain and Ukraine. The sampling sites differ a lot with regard to observed levels of Pu, its origin and isotope ratios as well as the environmental properties. Some of the Polish samples were collected in the northeastern part of the country with up to 30 Bq/m2 of Chernobyl Pu deposition. Other Polish and the Spanish samples are from areas with almost exclusively global fallout Pu present. Ukrainian samples were collected in a highly contaminated area with a deposition of about 3.7 kBq/m2 of Chernobyl (239-240)Pu. The maximum (239+240)Pu activity concentration was found equal to (54+/-4) Bq/kg (dw--dry weight) for a Ukrainian Cantharellus cibarius sample. Ukrainian samples have an extremely high radiocesium level, with maximum of (51+/-4) MBq/kg (dw). The maximum (239+240)Pu activity concentration for Polish samples was (81+/-5) mBq/kg (dw) for Xerocomus badius. From the isotopic ratio in this sample it can be concluded that Chernobyl fallout is the origin of Pu. More than twice as large was the Spanish maximum for Hebeloma cylindrosporum but with only global fallout Pu. Some aspects of the transfer of nuclides to fruit bodies is discussed and in some cases the transfer factors or aggregation coefficients were calculated. Especially high transfer factors were found for Hebeloma cylindrosporum from Spain.
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  The distribution of 137Cs and 90Sr in the biomass of pine trees planted in 1987-1988 in the near zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

  M Buzinny, I Los, K Shepelevich

  Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. 05/2000; 52(4):905-10.

  This paper presents the results of a study, carried out in 1996, of the distributions of 137Cs and 90Sr in the biomass of a new pine plantation, planted in 1987-1988, in the near field of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The maximum observed concentrations were 4.2 MBq kg(-1) for 137Cs in the youn... [more] This paper presents the results of a study, carried out in 1996, of the distributions of 137Cs and 90Sr in the biomass of a new pine plantation, planted in 1987-1988, in the near field of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The maximum observed concentrations were 4.2 MBq kg(-1) for 137Cs in the youngest needles and 1.1 MBq kg(-1) for 90Sr in the oldest needles. The estimation of the total absorbed doses in the different organs of the pine was also carried out, the observed doses were in the range 2 Gy yr(-1) to 16.8 Gy yr(-1); the lifetime dose for the needles (4 yr) was 44 Gy.

• Radiocarbon Analysis of Anual tree rings from the Vicinity of the Chernobyl NPP

  Michael Buzinny I. Likhtarjov, I. Los', Nikolay Talerko, Nikolay Tsigankov.

  01/1998: pages P.373-380.;

• Comparative measurements of radon thoron and their daughters.

  Buzinny M., I. Los .

  01/1997: pages pp. 33 – 48.;

• A New Approach To Determining 222Rn in Air Using Liquid Scintillation Counting.

  Michael Buzinny

  01/1996: pages P. 137-140;

• Tree ring record of radiocarbon emission from nuclear fuel reprocessing plant Tomsk-7.

  Koval'ukh N. N., Skripkin V., Buzinny M., Pazdur M. F., Pazdur A., Nesvetailo V.

  01/1996: pages 157-163.;

• Radon Studies in Ukraine: Results and Plans of Future Research.

  Ivan Los', Michael Buzinny, Tatjana Paulenko.

  01/1996: pages PP.131-143.;

• Ecological chronology of nuclear fuel cycle sites.

  Michael Buzinny, Nikolaj Koval'uch, I. Likhtarjov, Ivan Los', Valerij Nesvetajlo. M. F.Pazdur, Emlen Sobotovych, Vadim Skripkin.

  01/1995: pages P.469-473.;

• Newly designed 0.8 -ml teflon vial for microvolume radiocarbon dating.

  Michael Buzinny, Vadim Skripkin.

  01/1995: pages P.743-747.;

• Alpha-emitting radionuclide contents in food samples as related to the chernobyl accident.

  M. Yamamoto, K. Shiraishi, I.P. Los, I.Y. Kamarikov, M.G. Buzinny.

  Journal of Radioanalitical and Nuclear Chemistry, Letters,. 01/1995; 201((6),):459-468.

• Monitoring of 241Pu in soil of Ukraine.

  Michael Buzinny, Ivan Los', Nikolay Tsigankov, Sergej Soroka

  01/1995: pages P. 97-102;

• Concentration Of Thorium And Uranium Freshwater Samples Collected In Former USSR.

  K. Shiraishi, Y. Igarashi, Y. Yamamoto, T. Nakajima, I.P. Los, A.V.Zelensky And M.G. Buzinny.

  Journal of Radioanalitical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles,. 01/1994; Vol.185,(№.1 .):pp.157-165.