The accumulation study of 90Sr in fish from a fishpond of northern Taiwan

Three kinds of fish from a natural fishpond in the north of Taiwan were collected and analyzed in this study. The three species were non-predatory Ctenopharyn odon idellus, predatory Aristichthys nobilis and predatory Mylopharyngodon piceus. The activity concentrations of 90Sr in bone and edible flesh of fish, as well as in water and soil of fishpond were measured by using the radiochemical analysis. Additionally, the concentration of stable calcium in fish bone, [Ca]bone, and that of stable strontium in fish bone, [Sr]bone, were measured by ICP-AES. From the results, the concentration factors of 90Sr, CF(90Sr), in fish bone was no statistic difference between non-predatory and predatory fish. Besides, the accumulation of 90Sr in the non-predatory fish remarkably decreased with increasing the fish weight. As for the predatory fish, they both showed no statistically significant correlations between the 90Sr activity concentration and the fish weight. Regarding the activity concentrations of 90Sr in fish bone, all the fish were observed positively correlated with the measured [Sr]bone. •There was no difference in CF(90Sr) between non-predatory and predatory fish.•The 90Sr in non-predatory fish bone decreased with increasing fish weight.•There was no correlation between 90Sr in predatory fish bone and the fish weight.•The 90Sr in fish bone increased with the increase of [Sr]bone.