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Determination of distribution coefficients for {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th radionuclides in Pinheiro river sediment; Determinacao dos coeficientes de distribuicao para os radionuclideos {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co e {sup 234} Th no desimento do Rio Pinheiros

Abstract

The distribution coefficients (K {alpha}) were determined in order to foresee the fate of the radionuclides discharged to the environment. Based upon the source-term released by IPEN`s facilities in Pinheiros River during the year of 1988, three radionuclides were chosen as being the more critical, according to the radiation protection standards: {sup 137} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 232} Th. Their K {alpha} were determined experimentally in laboratory by using the corresponding radioactive tracers {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th. Three different experimental methodologies were used: the static method, the shaken method and the dynamic method. The parameters studied were the effects of pH, aerobic condition and time of contact. The results obtained experimentally for the Kds confirm the predictions that: the cesium is slowly retained by the sediment along the Pinheiros River, the cobalt is an unstable element, therefore its retention by the sediment is affected by variations in the pH values, and finally, the thorium is almost completely retained in the vicinity of the discharge point. (author).
Authors:
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1992
Product Type:
Thesis/Dissertation
Report Number:
INIS-BR-3119
Reference Number:
SCA: 540330; 540230; PA: AIX-24:044661; SN: 93000988737
Resource Relation:
Other Information: TH: Tese (M.Sc.).; PBD: 1992
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CESIUM 134; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENTS; COBALT 60; THORIUM 234; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; LIQUID WASTES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PH VALUE; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; 540330; 540230; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
OSTI ID:
10151767
Research Organizations:
Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares (IPEN), Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Country of Origin:
Brazil
Language:
Portuguese
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE93624539; TRN: BR9331133044661
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
[153] p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Lima, M F. Determination of distribution coefficients for {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th radionuclides in Pinheiro river sediment; Determinacao dos coeficientes de distribuicao para os radionuclideos {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co e {sup 234} Th no desimento do Rio Pinheiros. Brazil: N. p., 1992. Web.
Lima, M F. Determination of distribution coefficients for {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th radionuclides in Pinheiro river sediment; Determinacao dos coeficientes de distribuicao para os radionuclideos {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co e {sup 234} Th no desimento do Rio Pinheiros. Brazil.
Lima, M F. 1992. "Determination of distribution coefficients for {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th radionuclides in Pinheiro river sediment; Determinacao dos coeficientes de distribuicao para os radionuclideos {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co e {sup 234} Th no desimento do Rio Pinheiros." Brazil.
@misc{etde_10151767,
title = {Determination of distribution coefficients for {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th radionuclides in Pinheiro river sediment; Determinacao dos coeficientes de distribuicao para os radionuclideos {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co e {sup 234} Th no desimento do Rio Pinheiros}
author = {Lima, M F}
abstractNote = {The distribution coefficients (K {alpha}) were determined in order to foresee the fate of the radionuclides discharged to the environment. Based upon the source-term released by IPEN`s facilities in Pinheiros River during the year of 1988, three radionuclides were chosen as being the more critical, according to the radiation protection standards: {sup 137} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 232} Th. Their K {alpha} were determined experimentally in laboratory by using the corresponding radioactive tracers {sup 134} Cs, {sup 60} Co and {sup 234} Th. Three different experimental methodologies were used: the static method, the shaken method and the dynamic method. The parameters studied were the effects of pH, aerobic condition and time of contact. The results obtained experimentally for the Kds confirm the predictions that: the cesium is slowly retained by the sediment along the Pinheiros River, the cobalt is an unstable element, therefore its retention by the sediment is affected by variations in the pH values, and finally, the thorium is almost completely retained in the vicinity of the discharge point. (author).}
place = {Brazil}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}