1993-94-95 Kara Sea Field Experiments and Analysis. 1995 Progress Report to ONR Arctic Nuclear Waste Assessment Program

This progress report covers field work and laboratory analysis efforts for quantifying the environmental threat of radioactive waste released in the Arctic seas adjacent to the former Soviet Union and for studying the various transport mechanisms by which this radioactivity could effect populations...

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Main Authors: Phillips, G. W., August, R. A., King, S. E., Young, D. K., Bennett, R. H.
Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1996
Subjects:
Radiation Pollution and Control
*WATER POLLUTION
*RADIOACTIVE WASTES
*KARA SEA
LABORATORY TESTS
OCEAN CURRENTS
THREATS
BOUNDARY LAYER
OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
RADIATION ABSORPTION
SAMPLING
CALIBRATION
RIVERS
OCEAN BOTTOM SOILS
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
ARCTIC REGIONS
DISPERSIONS
SIBERIA
ARCTIC OCEAN
ANGARA RIVER
YENISEY RIVERV
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Kara Sea
Yenisey
yenisey river
Siberia
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA305284
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA305284
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Summary:This progress report covers field work and laboratory analysis efforts for quantifying the environmental threat of radioactive waste released in the Arctic seas adjacent to the former Soviet Union and for studying the various transport mechanisms by which this radioactivity could effect populations of the U.S. and other countries bordering the Arctic. We obtained water, sediment, biological samples and oceanographic data from several cruises to the Kara Sea and adjacent waters and conducted detailed laboratory analyses of the samples for radionuclides and physical biological properties. In addition, we obtained water and sediment samples and conducted on site low level radionuclide analysis on the Angara, Yenisey River system which drains a major part of the Siberian industrial heartland and empties into the Kara Sea. We report on radionuclide concentrations, on radionuclide transport and scrubbing by sediments, on adsorption by suspended particles, on transport by surface and benthic boundary layer currents, on the effects of benthic and demersal organisms, on studies of long term monitoring in the Arctic and on an interlaboratory calibration for radionuclide analysis. Original contains color plates: All DTIC/NTIS reproductions will be in black and white.

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