Further investigations of plutonium in aquatic biota of the Great Miami River Watershed including the canal and ponds in Miamisburg, Ohio. [Monitoring adjacent to Mound Lab]

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1975

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/8580915· OSTI ID:8580915

Wayman, C. W.; Bartelt, G. E.; Groves, S. E.; Rowland, R. E.

Results are reported from a preliminary investigation of Pu in aquatic organisms of the Great Miami River Watershed, Ohio. Data are presented on the Pu content of aquatic biota from the canal and ponds located adjacent to the Mound Laboratory. These areas have elevated levels of /sup 238/Pu in the water and sediments as the result of a past incident. Radiochemical analysis of biota sampled both upstream and downstream from the effluent pipe of Mound Laboratory showed that plants collected downstream of the laboratory concentrate more /sup 238/Pu than the plants located upstream by two to three orders of magnitude. Activities of /sup 238/Pu in background samples are unexpectedly high and may be attributed to contamination. Activities of fallout /sup 239/,/sup 240/Pu in the plants from upstream and downstream were approximately the same.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 8580915
• Report Number(s): ANL-75-60(Pt.3); TRN: 77-004550
• Resource Relation: Related Information: In: Radiological and Environmental Research Division annual report, January--December 1975.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
MOUND LABORATORY
RADIATION MONITORING
PLUTONIUM 238
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
PLUTONIUM 239
PLUTONIUM 240
SURFACE WATERS
RADIOACTIVITY
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENT
FALLOUT DEPOSITS
FOOD CHAINS
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
SAMPLING
SEDIMENTS
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FALLOUT
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEI
PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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