Abstract
In this report, the environmental impact of nuclear installations on two rivers, the Meuse and the Rhone, is assessed. The main characteristics of both rivers (natural radioactivity, artificial activity before the Chernobyl accident, and the evolution of the radioactivity during the post-Chernobyl period) are summarized and assessed. Experimental data on in-situ radionuclide concentrations in the Meuse river are reported. In addition, the transfer of radionuclides within the trophic food-chain has been investigated by experimental laboratory studies. It is demonstrated that radionuclides are strongly concentrated in algae, which are at the base of the food-chain. This process is reversible. The experimental results have been compared with calculated values, obtained by a deterministic mathematical model that was developed and applied to the Meuse river. (A.S.).
Citation Formats
Kirchmann, R, Vandecasteele, C M, Foulquier, L, Lambinon, J, and Sombre, L.
Radioecology of large rivers: site and experiment data for modelling (application to the Meuse and the Rhone); La radioecologie des grands fleuves: des donnees de sites et de l`experimentation a la modelisation (application a la Meuse et au Rhone).
Belgium: N. p.,
1992.
Web.
Kirchmann, R, Vandecasteele, C M, Foulquier, L, Lambinon, J, & Sombre, L.
Radioecology of large rivers: site and experiment data for modelling (application to the Meuse and the Rhone); La radioecologie des grands fleuves: des donnees de sites et de l`experimentation a la modelisation (application a la Meuse et au Rhone).
Belgium.
Kirchmann, R, Vandecasteele, C M, Foulquier, L, Lambinon, J, and Sombre, L.
1992.
"Radioecology of large rivers: site and experiment data for modelling (application to the Meuse and the Rhone); La radioecologie des grands fleuves: des donnees de sites et de l`experimentation a la modelisation (application a la Meuse et au Rhone)."
Belgium.
@misc{etde_10152703,
title = {Radioecology of large rivers: site and experiment data for modelling (application to the Meuse and the Rhone); La radioecologie des grands fleuves: des donnees de sites et de l`experimentation a la modelisation (application a la Meuse et au Rhone)}
author = {Kirchmann, R, Vandecasteele, C M, Foulquier, L, Lambinon, J, and Sombre, L}
abstractNote = {In this report, the environmental impact of nuclear installations on two rivers, the Meuse and the Rhone, is assessed. The main characteristics of both rivers (natural radioactivity, artificial activity before the Chernobyl accident, and the evolution of the radioactivity during the post-Chernobyl period) are summarized and assessed. Experimental data on in-situ radionuclide concentrations in the Meuse river are reported. In addition, the transfer of radionuclides within the trophic food-chain has been investigated by experimental laboratory studies. It is demonstrated that radionuclides are strongly concentrated in algae, which are at the base of the food-chain. This process is reversible. The experimental results have been compared with calculated values, obtained by a deterministic mathematical model that was developed and applied to the Meuse river. (A.S.).}
place = {Belgium}
year = {1992}
month = {Jun}
}
title = {Radioecology of large rivers: site and experiment data for modelling (application to the Meuse and the Rhone); La radioecologie des grands fleuves: des donnees de sites et de l`experimentation a la modelisation (application a la Meuse et au Rhone)}
author = {Kirchmann, R, Vandecasteele, C M, Foulquier, L, Lambinon, J, and Sombre, L}
abstractNote = {In this report, the environmental impact of nuclear installations on two rivers, the Meuse and the Rhone, is assessed. The main characteristics of both rivers (natural radioactivity, artificial activity before the Chernobyl accident, and the evolution of the radioactivity during the post-Chernobyl period) are summarized and assessed. Experimental data on in-situ radionuclide concentrations in the Meuse river are reported. In addition, the transfer of radionuclides within the trophic food-chain has been investigated by experimental laboratory studies. It is demonstrated that radionuclides are strongly concentrated in algae, which are at the base of the food-chain. This process is reversible. The experimental results have been compared with calculated values, obtained by a deterministic mathematical model that was developed and applied to the Meuse river. (A.S.).}
place = {Belgium}
year = {1992}
month = {Jun}
}