Radionuclides in sediments from the northeast Atlantic disposal site

The concentrations and inventories of /sup 239 +240/Pu in sediments from within the boundaries of the low-level radioactive waste-disposal site in the northeast Atlantic are not significantly different from global fallout levels expected in deep-sea sediments from this region of the Atlantic. No man...

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Main Authors: Noshkin, V.E., Wong, K.M., Eagle, R.J.
Language:unknown
Published: 2011
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
PLUTONIUM 239
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
PLUTONIUM 240
SEDIMENTS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
CONTAMINATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FALLOUT
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MARINE DISPOSAL
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
SEAS
SURFACE WATERS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Northeast Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5607179
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5607179
https://doi.org/10.2172/5607179
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Summary:The concentrations and inventories of /sup 239 +240/Pu in sediments from within the boundaries of the low-level radioactive waste-disposal site in the northeast Atlantic are not significantly different from global fallout levels expected in deep-sea sediments from this region of the Atlantic. No man-made gamma-emitting radionuclides were above detection limits in the sediment samples analyzed. Further, there is no indication that past disposal practices have led to an area-wide contamination of the site with waste-related radionuclides. 3 references, 2 figures.

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