Radionuclide Bioconcentration Factors and Sediment Partition Coefficients in Arctic Seas Subject to Contamination from Dumped Nuclear Wastes

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 33; no. 12; pp. 1979 - 1982
• Main Authors: Fisher, Nicholas S, Fowler, Scott W, Boisson, Florence, Carroll, JoLynn, Rissanen, Kristina, Salbu, Britt, Sazykina, Tatiana G, Sjoeblom, Kirsti-Liisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 15.06.1999
• Subjects: 540330 - Environment, Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; Arctic; ARCTIC REGIONS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; CESIUM 137; CESIUM ISOTOPES; Chemistry; CONTAMINATION; CRYOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; Marine; MATERIALS; MONITORING; Nuclear fuels; NUCLEI; Oceans; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POLAR REGIONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIOISOTOPES; Russia, Barents Sea; Russia, Kara Sea; SEAS; Sediments; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM 90; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; Arctic region; PN, Arctic

The disposal of large quantities of radioactive wastes in Arctic Seas by the former Soviet Union has prompted interest in the behavior of long-lived radionuclides in polar waters. Previous studies on the interactions of radionuclides prominent in radioactive wastes have focused on temperate waters;...