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Tritium deposited in soil forms HTO and OBT. To further understand the changes of HTO and OBT in different years, HTO and OBT in the soil around Qinshan Nuclear Power Base in different sampling years were measured. According to the annual distribution of HTO and OBT in the surface soil, it could be inferred whether there was a long-term release of tritium in the observed year. From the depth distribution of different years, OBT tends to migrate to the deep. From 2015 to 2020, the correlation analysis between OBT and HTO/soil organic matter showed that HTO contributed more to OBT in surface soil at 250-2000 μm and 53-250 μm particle sizes, but this conclusion did not apply to deep soil. However, there was no significant relationship between OBT activity and soil organic matter content.
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