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World-wide redistribution of 129Iodine from nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities: Results from meteoric, river, and seawater tracer studies

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (United States)
  • 2. Department of Oceanography, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX (United States)
  • 3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)

Description

Releases of the long-lived radioisotope of iodine, 129I, from commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities in England and France have surpassed natural, and even bomb test inventories. 129I/127I ratios measured in a variety of environmental matrices from Europe, North America and the southern hemisphere show the influence of fuel reprocessing-derived 129I, which is transported globally via the atmosphere. Transport and cycling of I and 129I in the hydrosphere and in soils are described based on a spatial survey of 129I in freshwater. (author)

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Marine pollution. Proceedings of an international symposium

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Marine pollution. Proceedings of an international symposium
Imprint Pagination
711 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 231-236
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--1094

Conference

Title
International symposium on marine pollution
Dates
5-9 Oct 1998
Place
Monaco (Monaco)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
30046729
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONTAMINATION; IODINE 127; IODINE 129; ISOTOPE RATIO; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RIVERS; SEAS
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; MATERIALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-48
Notes
20 refs, 3 figs
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-SM--354/101