Water to atmosphere fluxes of 131I in relation with alkyl-iodide compounds from the Seine Estuary (France)
Creators
- 1. Laboratoire de Radioecologie de Cherbourg-Octeville, Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete nucleaire (IRSN), Service d'Etudes et du Comportement des Radionucleides dans l'Environnement (SECRE), rue Max Pol Fouchet, 50130 Cherbourg-Octeville (France)
- 2. Laboratoire de Chimie Analytique et Bio-Inorganique et Environnement, UMR CNRS universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, Helioparc Pau Pyrenees, 2 Avenue Pierre Angot, 64053 Pau Cedex 9 (France)
Description
This study presents an original work on measurements of stable and radioactive iodinated species in the Seine estuary (France), with estimates fluxes of volatile gaseous species from water to the atmosphere. Various iodinated compounds were identified in water and air in particular 131I in water, what is unusual. Concentrations and behaviour of iodinated elements in the Seine estuary seem similar to what has been observed in other European estuaries. MeI (Methyl Iodide) and Total Volatile Iodine (TVI) fluxes from water to air vary between 392 and 13949 pmol m-2 d-1 and between 1279 and 16484 pmol m-2 d-1, respectively. Water to air flux of TVI for the Seine river was estimated in the range 4-46 kg y-1. Measurements of 131I in water varying between 0.4 and 11.9 Bq m-3. Fluxes of 131I from water to atmosphere are in the range 2.4 x 105-1.3 x 107 Bq y-1, close to an annual discharge of 131I by a nuclear reactor
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.001Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.001;
- PII
- S0265-931X(08)00002-7;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
- Journal Volume
- 99
- Journal Issue
- 7
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1102-1110
- ISSN
- 0265-931X
- CODEN
- JERAEE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40001383
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- DEUTERIUM IONS; ESTUARIES; IODIDES; IODINE 131; METHYL IODIDE; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; RADIOECOLOGY; RIVERS
- Descriptors DEC
- BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHARGED PARTICLES; COASTAL WATERS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ECOLOGY; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; IODINE ISOTOPES; IONS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC IODINE COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SURFACE WATERS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.