Published December 1988
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Journal article
A model to predict the level of artificial radionuclides in environmental materials in the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel
Description
The NRPB SEVERN compartment model, of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, has been developed for used in predicting environmental concentrations of artificial radionuclides present in the estuary. A comparison between predicted and measured values of salinity and environmental 137Cs concentrations has demonstrated the overall validity of the model. SEVERN has been used to assess the radiological impact of radionuclides present in the estuary which result from low-level routine discharges from the nuclear power industry. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Journal Volume
- 33
- Journal Issue
- suppl.A
- Series
- J. Fish Biol.
- Journal Page Range
- 79-84
- ISSN
- 0022-1112
- CODEN
- JFIBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 21010319
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CESIUM 137; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; ESTUARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NRPB; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SALINITY
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; UNITED KINGDOM ORGANIZATIONS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES