Radioactive pollution of the waters of the baltic sea during 1986

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5880029

Lazarev, L N; Kuznetsov, Yu V; Gedeonov, L I; Gavrilov, V M; Gritchenko, Z G; Ivanova, L M; Orlova, T E; Tishkova, N A

Results are presented from an investigation of radioactive pollution of the waters of the Baltic Sea during 1986. Inhomogeneities in the pollution of this area of water, due to varying density of atmospheric radioactive fallout, are detected. It is found that among the radionuclides entering the surface of the Baltic Sea in 1986 as a result of atmospheric transport, the main one in terms of radiation dose is cesium-137. Comparisons are made of the level of cesium-137 content in the waters of the Baltic Sea in 1986 and in preceding years. It is noted that even in the most polluted regions of the sea the cesium-137 content was 500 times less than the maximum allowable concentration (MAC) in the USSR for drinking water. The first results of the determination of plutonium-239 and 240 in the Baltic Sea are presented.

• OSTI ID: 5880029
• Journal Information: Sov. Radiochem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 30:3; Other Information: Translated from Radiokhimiya; 30: No. 3, 395-401(May-Jun 1988)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BALTIC SEA
WATER POLLUTION
CESIUM 134
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
CESIUM 137
ANNUAL VARIATIONS
COASTAL WATERS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
FALLOUT
ISOTOPE RATIO
POLLUTION SOURCES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RIVERS
SAMPLING
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
POLLUTION
RADIOISOTOPES
SEAS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
VARIATIONS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
520300* - Environment
Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1989)
510300 - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)