Published June 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

129I record in a sediment core from Tinto River (Spain)

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica Atomica Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1065, 41080 Seville (Spain) and Centro Nacional de Aceleradores, Avd/Thomas Alba Edison s/n, 41092 Seville (Spain)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica Aplicada I, Escuela Universitaria Politecnica, Universidad de Sevilla, C/Virgen de Africa, 7, 41011 Seville (Spain)
  • 3. Departamento de Fisica Atomica Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, Apdo. 1065, 41080 Seville (Spain)
  • 4. Paul Scherrer Institute c/o Institut fuer Teilchenphysik, ETH Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zuerich (Switzerland)
  • 5. Departamento de Fisica Aplicada, E.P.S. La Rabida, Universidad de Huelva, Ctra. Palos S/N, 21819, Huelva (Spain)

Description

The potential of 129I (T 1/2 = 15.7 x 106 y) as an environmental tracer has extensively been shown in the literature. However, more information about the transport and distribution of this radionuclide in nature is needed. In this work, we present the results obtained for the 129I concentration in a sediment core profile taken at the Tinto River, in Southern Spain. This place can be considered far away from the direct impact of the nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, which are the main anthropogenic 129I sources. However, the 129I profile found in the core clearly not only shows the presence of anthropogenic 129I but it also allows obtaining information about its possible specific origin

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
259
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 503-507
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

Conference

Title
10. international conference on accelerator mass spectrometry
Dates
5-10 Sep 2005
Place
Berkeley, CA (United States)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.
Notes
Record from MARIS; Source key: YCJMDHH4; Archive location: 175