Published June 1983
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Journal article
Plutonium and americium measurements in the coastal environment of Bombay
- 1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay (India). Health Physics Div.
Description
Concentrations of transuranic elements Pu and Am present in ultra trace levels in different matrices of the coastal environment of Bombay during 1977-81 were measured by radiochemical separation and alpha spectrometry using internal tracers 242Pu and 243Am. Pu concentrations in coastal waters were of the same order as fallout levels. Pu and Am showed accumulation in some benthic organisms. However the radiation exposure resulting from consumption of such marine organisms appears to be insignificant. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Indian J. Mar. Sci.
- Journal Volume
- 12
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Indian J. Mar. Sci.
- Journal Page Range
- 72-80
- ISSN
- 0379-5136
- CODEN
- IJMNB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 17067948
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY; AMERICIUM; AMERICIUM 243; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; INDIA; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 242; RADIATION DOSES; SEAWATER; SEAWEEDS; SEDIMENTS; SHORES; TRACER TECHNIQUES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; METALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; POLAR SOLVENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Notes
- 2 figures., 9 tables, 18 refs.