Environmental radionuclide concentrations in the vicinity of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant: 1981 - 1984. Data report
High-resolution gamma spectroscopy was used to determine radionuclide concentrations in over 700 sediment, finfish, shellfish, and aquatic-vegetation samples collected from the Chesapeake Bay in the vicinity of the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) during 1981-1984. Naturally-occurring radionuclides (K-40; thorium and uranium decay products) and weapons-test-fallout radionuclides (principally Cs-137) were detected in all samples. The down-Bay transport of radionuclide-labelled particulates was documented in sediments collected from stations located 8 km south of CCNPP. Low concentrations of Sr-90 detected in biota collected at plant-site and Farfield locations were not significantly different and are attributable to weapons-test fallout. The low quantities of radioactivity discharged by CCNPP provide small increments to radionuclide concentrations in the Bay relative to natural and weapons-test levels.
- Research Organization:
- Maryland Power Plant Research Program, Annapolis (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5911938
- Report Number(s):
- PB-87-227872/XAB; PPRP-R-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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