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129Iodine. a new tracer for surface water/groundwater interaction
Abstract
We measured 129I/127I ratios in about 30 major rivers and found a strong signal of anthropogenic 129I in all of them (Moran et al., 1998). The effect of local point sources, such as the Savannah River Facility and Hanford Facility are easily observed in the Savannah and Columbia Rivers, respectively. Likewise, the Rhine and Rhone rivers in Switzerland, have ratios well above "background" due to their proximity to the main global source in northwest Europe. Away from local point sources, one observes a mixing trend between atmospherically-delivered 129I from European nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities, and low-ratio iodine derived from soil weathering (Moran et al., 1998). This anthropogenic 129I should be easily observable in soil water and shallow groundwater anywhere in the northern hemisphere.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7280
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-132516
ON: DE00007280
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-Eng-48
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International Symposium on Isotope Techniques in Water Resources Development and Management, Vienna, Austria, May 10-14, 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Iodine 129; Tracer Techniques; Surface Waters; Ground Water
Citation Formats
Santschi, P. H., Moran, J. E., Oktay, S., Hoehn, E., and Sharma, P. 129Iodine. a new tracer for surface water/groundwater interaction. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web.
Santschi, P. H., Moran, J. E., Oktay, S., Hoehn, E., & Sharma, P. 129Iodine. a new tracer for surface water/groundwater interaction. United States.
Santschi, P. H., Moran, J. E., Oktay, S., Hoehn, E., and Sharma, P. 1998.
"129Iodine. a new tracer for surface water/groundwater interaction". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7280.
@article{osti_7280,
title = {129Iodine. a new tracer for surface water/groundwater interaction},
author = {Santschi, P. H. and Moran, J. E. and Oktay, S. and Hoehn, E. and Sharma, P.},
abstractNote = {We measured 129I/127I ratios in about 30 major rivers and found a strong signal of anthropogenic 129I in all of them (Moran et al., 1998). The effect of local point sources, such as the Savannah River Facility and Hanford Facility are easily observed in the Savannah and Columbia Rivers, respectively. Likewise, the Rhine and Rhone rivers in Switzerland, have ratios well above "background" due to their proximity to the main global source in northwest Europe. Away from local point sources, one observes a mixing trend between atmospherically-delivered 129I from European nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities, and low-ratio iodine derived from soil weathering (Moran et al., 1998). This anthropogenic 129I should be easily observable in soil water and shallow groundwater anywhere in the northern hemisphere.},
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year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
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