Published June 1991
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Journal article
Formation rate of nonexchangeable organically bound tritium from tritiated soil water
Description
The role of soil microorganisms in the formation of nonexchangeable organically bound tritium (OBT) from tritiated water (HTO) is investigated. Incubation experiments were conducted with five different soils. They were found to build up OBT at a rate of 0.03-0.05% per week. Addition of a substrate stimulated the formation of OBT up to 0.35% per week. Considering a loss of HTO from the soil by remission, only a negligible fraction of tritium is introduced into the terrestrial food chain
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Physics
- Journal Volume
- 60
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Health Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 773-779
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
- CODEN
- HLTPA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 22076371
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; DECONTAMINATION; GLUCOSE; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS; TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALDEHYDES; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLEANING; HEXOSES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MONOSACCHARIDES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SACCHARIDES