Radionuclides in sediments from the northeast Atlantic disposal site

• 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

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.