Contribution from the Yenisei River to the total radioactive contamination of the Kara Sea
- V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation); and others
An attempt is made to estimate the contribution from the Yenisei River and, therefore, the Krasnoyarsk Mining and Chemical Plant (MCP), which discharged wastewaters to the Yenisei, to the total contamination of the Kara Sea using results from a study of the radioactive contamination of the Yenisei River, Yenisei Bay, Yenisei Gulf, and the Kara Sea itself. Radionuclides generated from using river water in cooling circuits of production reactors make the largest contribution to the total activity. The radioactive contamination of the river decreased by more than 20 times after two of the three operating reactors were shut down. Only several wetlands are actually affected by MCP hundreds of kilometers from the discharge point.
- OSTI ID:
- 135986
- Journal Information:
- Radiochemistry, Vol. 36, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995; TN: Translated from Radiokhimiya; 36: No. 6, 546-559(Nov-Dec 1994)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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