Radionuclides in sediments from the northeast Atlantic disposal site

• Main Authors: Noshkin, V. E., Wong, K. M., Eagle, R. J.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1983
• Subjects: Atlantic Ocean; Plutonium Isotopes; Radioactive Materials; Wastes; 053000 > Nuclear Fuels > Environmental Aspects; Marine Disposal; Contamination; Ecological Concentration; Waste Disposal; Fallout; Data; Surface Waters; Isotopes; Sediments; Even-Odd Nuclei; Radionuclide Migration; Materials; Even-Even Nuclei; Plutonium 240; Nuclei; Alpha Decay Radioisotopes; Mass Transfer; Radioactive Wastes; Seas; 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials; Actinide Isotopes; Experimental Data; Numerical Data; Environmental Transport; Low-Level Radioactive Wastes; Radioactive Waste Disposal; Management; Years Living Radioisotopes 520301* > Environment; Aquatic > Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport > Water > (1987); Waste Management; Information; Radioecological Concentration; Radioisotopes; 54 Environmental Sciences; Plutonium 239; Actinide Nuclei; Heavy Nuclei; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/5607179; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1090706/

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.