Search Results - "ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY IN THE ARCTIC"

Sea-ice production and transport of pollutants in the Laptev Sea, 1979–1993 by Rigor, Ignatius, Colony, Roger

“…Pollutants such as radionuclides can be incorporated into ice formed in shallow waters of the marginal seas, by suspension freezing, including frazil- and…”
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Radioactive contamination from dumped nuclear waste in the Kara Sea — results from the joint Russian-Norwegian expeditions in 1992–1994 by Salbu, B., Nikitin, A.I., Strand, P., Christensen, G.C., Chumichev, V.B., Lind, B., Fjelldal, H., Bergan, T.D.S., Rudjord, A.L., Sickel, M., Valetova, N.K., Føyn, L.

“…Russian-Norwegian expeditions to the Kara Sea and to dumping sites in the fjords of Novaya Zemlya have taken place annually since 1992. In the fjords, dumped…”
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Potential for rapid transport of contaminants from the Kara Sea by Pfirman, S.L., Kögeler, J.W., Rigor, I.

“…Export of sea ice from the Kara Sea may redistribute contaminants entrained from atmospheric, marine and riverine sources. Ice exiting the Kara Sea ice to the…”
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Evidence for radionuclide transport by sea ice by Meese, D.A., Reimnitz, E., Tucker, W.B., Gow, A.J., Bischof, J., Darby, D.

“…Ice and ice-borne sediments were collected across the Arctic Basin during the Arctic Ocean Section, 1994 (AOS-94), a recent US/Canada trans-Arctic expedition…”
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Radioactive contamination in the environment of the nuclear enterprise ‘Mayak’ PA. Results from the joint Russian-Norwegian field work in 1994 by Christensen, G.C., Romanov, G.N., Strand, P., Salbu, B., Malyshev, S.V., Bergan, T.D., Oughton, D., Drozhko, E.G., Glagolenko, Y.V., Amundsen, I., Rudjord, A.L., Bjerk, T.O., Lind, B.

“…A brief overview of the radioactive waste inventory of the ‘Mayak’ PA reprocessing plant, Chelyabinsk Region, Russia is given together with a description of…”
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The sunken nuclear submarine Komsomolets and its effects on the environment by Høibråten, Steinar, Thoresen, Per E., Haugan, Are

“…This paper discusses the possible release mechanisms for radionuclides on board the sunken nuclear submarine Komsomolets. With an aim to determine whether or…”
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New estimation of La Hague contribution to the artificial radioactivity of Norwegian waters (1992–1995) and Barents Sea (1992–1997) by Guegueniat, P., Kershaw, P., Hermann, J., du Bois, P.Bailly

“…A release of 10 000 GBq per month of a conservative radionuclide into the central part of the English Channel gives rise to activities (in Bq m −3) of 68–89 at…”
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Spatial variation in the vulnerability of Norwegian Arctic counties to radiocaesium deposition by Wright, S.M., Strand, P., Sickel, M.A.K., Howard, B.J., Howard, D.C., Cooke, A.I.

“…Under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), studies have been undertaken to compare potential fluxes of radiocaesium via important food…”
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Sorption/desorption of radioactive contaminants by sediment from the Kara Sea by Fuhrmann, Mark, Zhou, Huan, Neiheisel, James, Schoonen, Martin A.A., Dyer, Robert

“…To understand the long term impact of the disposal of radioactive waste on the Kara Sea, partition coefficients ( K d ) for several important radionuclides,…”
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Collective doses to man from dumping of radioactive waste in the Arctic Seas by Nielsen, S.P., Iosjpe, M., Strand, P.

“…A box model for the dispersion of radionuclides in the marine environment covering the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean has been constructed…”
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Plutonium in fish, algae, and sediments in the Barents, Petshora and Kara Seas by Ikäheimonen, T.K., Rissanen, K., Matishov, D.G., Matishov, G.G.

“…This work contributed to a joint research programme between the Finnish Centre for Radiation and Nuclear Safety and the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute in…”
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Benchmarking of numerical models describing the dispersion of radionuclides in the Arctic Seas by Scott, E.M., Gurbutt, P., Harms, I., Heling, R., Nielsen, S.P., Osvath, I., Preller, R., Sazykina, T., Wada, A., Sjoeblom, K.L.

“…As part of the International Arctic Seas Assessment Project (IASAP) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a working group was created to model the…”
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Current and potential doses from Arctic seafood consumption by Sazykina, T.G., Kryshev, I.I.

“…Current collective and individual dose rates to humans are estimated from the consumption of seafood harvested in the Arctic Seas. Statistical data on catches…”
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Simulation of the atmospheric transport and deposition on a local/meso- and regional scale after hypothetical accidents at the Kola nuclear power plant by Thaning, Lennart, Baklanov, Alexander

“…An accident at the Kola nuclear power plant could cause a large release of radioactivity into the atmosphere. To illustrate possible effects on the…”
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Potential radionuclide release rates from marine reactors dumped in the Kara Sea by Warden, J.M., Lynn, N.M., Mount, M., Sivintsev, Y., Timms, S.J., Yefimov, E., Gussgard, K., Dyer, R.S., Sjoeblom, K-L.

“…The largest inventory of radioactive materials dumped in the Kara Sea by the former Soviet Union comes from the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of seven marine…”
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An assessment of the flux of super(90)Sr contamination through the Ob River and estuary to the Kara Sea by Paluszkiewicz, T, Hibler, L F, Becker, P, Mandych, A, Richmond, M C, Thomas, S

“…The Ob River system, consisting of the Ob River drainage and its tributaries, connects the Mayak and Tomsk nuclear facilities to the Kara Sea. The Ob River…”
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The history and source of particulate super(137)Cs and super(239,240)Pu deposition in sediments of the Ob River Delta, Siberia by Sayles, F L, Livingston, H D, Panteleyev, G P

“…This paper presents the first results of a project designed to examine the transfer of particle-associated artificial radionuclides down the Ob River in…”
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Mobilisation of super(137)Cs and super(90)Sr from sediments: Potential sources to Arctic waters by Oughton, D H, Borretzen, P, Salbu, B, Tronstad, E

“…Tracer studies ( super(134)Cs and super(85)Sr) have been used to investigate the kinetics of sorption and mobilisation of radionuclides from marine sediments…”
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Estimates of fluxes of super(137)Cs in northern waters from recent measurements by Kershaw, P, Gurbutt, P, Woodhead, D, Leonard, K, Rees, J

“…Concentrations of super(137)Cs were determined in surface and sub-surface waters sampled in 1994, from the Norwegian Coastal Current, Norwegian Sea, Barents…”
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Perturbation in the super(240)Pu/ super(239)Pu global fallout ratio in local sediments following the nuclear accidents at Thule (Greenland) and Palomares (Spain) by Mitchell, P I, Vintro, L L, Dahlgaard, H, Gasco, C, Sanchez-Cabeza, JA

“…It is well established that the main source of the plutonium found in marine sediments throughout the Northern Hemisphere is global stratospheric fallout,…”
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