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Doering, Che; Carpenter, Julia; Orr, Blake; Urban, David, E-mail: che.doering@environment.gov.au2019
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[en] Highlights: • More than 10,000 CRwo-water values for freshwater organisms were derived. • Summarised CRwo-water values represented 77 organism-element combinations. • A water quality guideline value was derived for a U mine remediation scenario. • A water 226Ra concentration of 14 mBq L−1 protects tropical freshwater ecosystems. - Abstract: More than 10,000 whole organism concentration ratio (CRwo-water) values for freshwater wildlife were derived from radionuclide and stable element data representing an Australian tropical U mining environment. The CRwo-water values were summarised into five wildlife groups (bird, fish, mollusc, reptile and vascular plant). The summarised CRwo-water values represented 77 organism-element combinations. The CRwo-water values for U decay series elements were used in a tier 3 ERICA assessment. The assessment results were used to derive a water radiological quality guideline value (GV) for radiation protection of freshwater ecosystems in the context of the planned remediation of the Ranger U mine. The GV was an above-background water 226Ra activity concentration of 14 mBq L−1 (filtered fraction) or approximately 22 mBq L−1 (total fraction). The GV was based on the results of mollusc-bivalve as the limiting organism for the freshwater ecosystem.
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S0265931X18305563; Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.12.011; Crown Copyright © 2018 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, ANIMALS, AUSTRALASIA, CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, HEAVY NUCLEI, HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS, ISOTOPES, MINES, NUCLEI, OXYGEN COMPOUNDS, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIUM ISOTOPES, UNDERGROUND FACILITIES, WATER, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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