Ecotoxicity literature review of selected Hanford Site contaminants

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10136486· OSTI ID:10136486

Driver, C J

Available information on the toxicity, food chain transport, and bioconcentration of several Hanford Site contaminants were reviewed. The contaminants included cesium-137, cobalt-60, europium, nitrate, plutonium, strontium-90, technetium, tritium, uranium, and chromium (III and VI). Toxicity and mobility in both aquatic and terrestrial systems were considered. For aquatic systems, considerable information was available on the chemical and/or radiological toxicity of most of the contaminants in invertebrate animals and fish. Little information was available on aquatic macrophyte response to the contaminants. Terrestrial animals such as waterfowl and amphibians that have high exposure potential in aquatic systems were also largely unrepresented in the toxicity literature. The preponderance of toxicity data for terrestrial biota was for laboratory mammals. Bioconcentration factors and transfer coefficients were obtained for primary producers and consumers in representative aquatic and terrestrial systems; however, little data were available for upper trophic level transfer, particularly for terrestrial predators. Food chain transport and toxicity information for the contaminants were generally lacking for desert or sage brush-steppe organisms, particularly plants and reptiles

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10136486
• Report Number(s): PNL-9394; ON: DE94009009
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Mar 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FOOD CHAINS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
TOXICITY
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
HANFORD RESERVATION
CESIUM 137
COBALT 60
EUROPIUM
NITRATES
PLUTONIUM
STRONTIUM 90
TRITIUM
URANIUM
CHROMIUM
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CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT