Radioactive pollution: Ocean environments. (Latest citations from Oceanic abstracts). Published Search

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:256595

This bibliography contains citations concerning radioactive pollution of the marine environment. Distrubutions of radionuclides that indicate artificial radioactive contamination are discussed including iodine-131, various uranium isotopes, Cesium-137, Cobalt-60, Strontium-90, Ruthenium-160, and plutonium isotopes. Ecosystems considered include coral reefs and atolls, planktonic zones in the open ocean, salt marshes, estuaries, coastal waters, and the Mediterranean Sea. Sources of radioactive contamination examined include atomic bomb blasts, fossil fuel combustion, radioactive waste disposal, and nuclear accidents. Experimental simulation of radionuclide transport in marine biota is included. (Contains 50-250 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.) (Copyright NERAC, Inc. 1995)

• Research Organization: NERAC, Inc., Tolland, CT (United States)
• OSTI ID: 256595
• Report Number(s): PB-96-869763/XAB; TRN: 61772129
• Resource Relation: Other Information: DN: Updated with each order. Supersedes PB--95-873840; PBD: May 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
WATER POLLUTION
IODINE 131
URANIUM ISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
COBALT 60
STRONTIUM 90
RUTHENIUM
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS