Fission- and alpha-track study of biogeochemistry of plutonium and uranium in carbonates of bikini and enewetak atolls. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6229904· OSTI ID:6229904

Levy, Y.; Friedman, G. M.; Miller, D. S.

Results of the analysis of uranium concentrations in the 8 coral heads sampled from the Bikini and Enewetak lagoons lead to the following conclusions: (1) no parallel increase in uranium concentration was found in the corals contaminated by Pu and Am; (2) in the noncontaminated corals, the fission track analysis shows wider ranges of uranium concentrations (1.8 to 3.1). Thus, in the corals not contaminated by Pu and Am, uranium concentrations similar to the uranium concentration in the contaminated corals were found; (3) uranium content in all corals analyzed was rather homogeneously distributed, i.e., no hot spots, stars, or areas differing in concentration by more than a few percent were detected by the fission track analyses.

• Research Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA). Dept. of Geology
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-S-02-3462
• OSTI ID: 6229904
• Report Number(s): COO-3462-15; TRN: 79-014007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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