Distribution and flux of Pu-238, Pu-239,Pu-240, Am-241, Cs-137 and Pb-210 to high arctic lakes in the Thule district (Greenland)

• Published in: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
• Main Authors: Eriksson, M, Holm, Elis, Roos, P, Dahlgaard, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; remobilization; Thule accident; Thule; catchment; lakes; sediments; radio-lead; radiocesium; plutonium; Americium; fallout; arctic; radionuclides; Arctic; Greenland; Thule Air Base; Four Lakes; Thule Air
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/272813; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.12.007

Environmental samples (soil, sediment and lake water) in the Thule area (NW Greenland) have been studied to assess the contamination of radionuclides originating from a nuclear weapons accident (the Thule accident in 1968). Four lakes were chosen at different distances from the point of impact with...