Artificial radionuclides in the surface waters of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea in the fall of 1984

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Sov. At. Energy (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01123369· OSTI ID:5769260

Kadzhene, G I; Kleiza, I V; Korotkov, V P; Lukinskene, M V; Mironov, V K; Styro, D B

The authors compare data from the literature with data taken in the fall of 1984 on the concentrations of cesium 137, strontium 90, cesium 144, and tritium in the waters of the Baltic and North seas. Sampling was conducted along the coastal regions as well as offshore and the consequent concentration and distribution profiles are mapped. They attempt to assess the weight of meteorological and water current as well as seasonal factors on the determined levels and also point to possible sources of the isotopes, including nuclear power plants situated along Baltic and North Sea shorelines and an atmospheric test of a thermonuclear bomb carried out by China.

• OSTI ID: 5769260
• Journal Information: Sov. At. Energy (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 62:4; Other Information: Translated from At. Energ.; 62: No. 4, 248-251(Apr 1987)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BALTIC SEA
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVITY
CERIUM 144
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
CESIUM 137
NORTH SEA
STRONTIUM 90
TRITIUM
COASTAL REGIONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
HYDRODYNAMICS
METEOROLOGY
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
SAMPLING
SCINTILLATION COUNTING
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
WATER CHEMISTRY
WATER CURRENTS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CERIUM ISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMISTRY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
CURRENTS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EXPLOSIONS
FLUID MECHANICS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS TRANSFER
MECHANICS
MONITORING
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
SEAS
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES
SURFACE WATERS
VARIATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
520300* - Environment
Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1989)