Further investigations of plutonium in aquatic biota of the Great Miami River Watershed including the canal and ponds in Miamisburg, Ohio. [Monitoring adjacent to Mound Lab]
Results are reported from a preliminary investigation of Pu in aquatic organisms of the Great Miami River Watershed, Ohio. Data are presented on the Pu content of aquatic biota from the canal and ponds located adjacent to the Mound Laboratory. These areas have elevated levels of /sup 238/Pu in the water and sediments as the result of a past incident. Radiochemical analysis of biota sampled both upstream and downstream from the effluent pipe of Mound Laboratory showed that plants collected downstream of the laboratory concentrate more /sup 238/Pu than the plants located upstream by two to three orders of magnitude. Activities of /sup 238/Pu in background samples are unexpectedly high and may be attributed to contamination. Activities of fallout /sup 239/,/sup 240/Pu in the plants from upstream and downstream were approximately the same.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 8580915
- Report Number(s):
- ANL--75-60(Pt.3)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- Aquatic Ecosystems & Food Chains-- (-1987)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FALLOUT
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
FOOD CHAINS
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MONITORING
MOUND LABORATORY
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM 238
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
SAMPLING
SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES