Plutonium-238 in sediment cores from the Mound Laboratory area

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6746780· OSTI ID:6746780

Volchok, H

Plutonium-238 concentrations in 8 sediment cores from water bodies near Mound Laboratory are reported. All have been measurably contaminated and for the most part show concentrations with depth in the sediment suggesting that chemical and/or biological processes may be quite active, and that run-off from nearby contaminated soil is probably continuing. The integrated Pu-238 deposits indicate that these samples essentially represent the complete sediment column.

• Research Organization: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AS02-76EV03568
• OSTI ID: 6746780
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/03568-17
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MOUND LABORATORY
SEDIMENTS
CONTAMINATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
PLUTONIUM 238
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOISOTOPES
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US DOE
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