Document Details
Title:
THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF INTRODUCING RADIOACTIVE DEBRIS INTO OSLO FJORD
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
MEETINGS; FORECASTING; CONTAMINATION; FALLOUT; WATER
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1963 Sep 21
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0001
Accession Number:
NV0050334
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
DUE TO PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION BY DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES, THE DI SPERSAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INNER OSLO FJORD HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR SEVERAL DECADES BY THE INSTITUTE OF MARINE BIOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OSLO. THE RESULTS OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE EXAMINED WITH A VIE W TO FORECASTING HAZARDS OF CONTAMINATION BY NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEBRIS. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS INCLUDE THE PRONOUNCED STRATIFICATION OF WAT ER MASSES AND ORGANISMS, AND THE SLOW RATE OF EXCHANGE WITH THE OPEN S EA ACROSS THE NARROW AND SHALLOW FJORD ENTRANCE.