Anthropogenic radionuclides in seawater of the Far Eastern Seas

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 203-212

  Ikeuchi, Y ^a   Amano, H ^b   Aoyama, M ^c   Berezhnov, V I ^d   Chaykovskaya, E ^e   Chumichev, V B ^d   Chung, C S ^f   Gastaud, J ^j   Hirose, K ^c   Hong, G H ^f   Kim, C K ^g   Kim, S H ^f   Miyao, T ^c   Morimoto, T ^a   Nikitin, A ^d   Oda, K ^h   Pettersson, H B L ⁱ   Povinec, P P ^j   Tkalin, A ^e   Togawa, O ^j   Veletova, N K ^d   more..

^a Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Lab Monitoring Water Bodies R   (Russian Federation)

^e Regional Radiochemical Laboratory   (Russian Federation)

^f Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^g Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

^h Maritime Safety Agency   (Japan)

ⁱ LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j NONE

more..

Author keywords

137Cs; 239+240Pu; 90Sr; Far Eastern Seas; Radioactive waste; Radionuclide inventories

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; STRONTIUM 90;

OCEAN DUMPING; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEAWATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FAR EAST; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEA POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FAR EAST; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

FAR EAST;

EID: 0032863288     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00136-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (26)

1. 137Cs concentration in the western North Pacific and its marginal seas during the period from 1979 to 1988. J Environ Radioact 1995;29:57-74.
2. 239+240Pu in world ocean water samples collected from 1992 to 1994. In: Guéguéniat P, Germain P, Métivier H, editors. Radionuclides in the oceans inputs and inventory. Les Editions de Physique, 1996:75-93.
3. Bowen VT, Noshkin VE, Livingston HD, Volchok HL. Fallout radionuclides in the Pacific Ocean: vertical and horizontal distributions, largely from GEOSECS stations. Earth Planet Sci Lett 1980;49:411-434.
4. Fowler SW, Ballestra S, La Rosa J, Fukai R. Vertical transport of particulate-associated plutonium and americium in the upper water column of the northeast Pacific. Deep-Sea Res 1983;30:1221-1233.
5. 90Sr) and Pu isotopes in the Pacific Ocean: sources and trends. In: Guéguéniat P, Germain P, Métivier H, editors. Radionuclides in the oceans inputs and inventory. Les Editions de Physique, 1996:29-58.
6. Hirose K. Complexation scavenging of plutonium in the ocean. Radioprotection-Colloq 1997;32:C2-225-C2-230.
7. 137Cs in the western North Pacific: estimation of residence time of plutonium in surface waters, IAEA 1993. Appl Radiat Isot 1992;43:349-359.
8. Hirose K, Amano H, Baxter MS et al. Anthropogenic radionuclides in seawater in the East sea/Japan sea. Results of the first stage Japanese-Korean-Russian expedition. J Environ Radioact 41: in press.
9. IAEA. Inventory of radioactive material entering the marine environment - sea disposal of radioactive waste. Vienna: IAEA-TECDOC, 1991:588.
10. Joint Report. Investigation of environmental radioactivity in waste dumping areas of the far eastern sea, results from the first stage Japanese-Korean-Russian joint expedition. Tokyo: Science and Technology Agency, 1995:1-63.
11. Joint Report. Investigation of environmental radioactivity in waste dumping areas of the far eastern sea, results from the second stage Japanese-Korean-Russian joint expedition. Tokyo: Science and Technology Agency, 1997:1-56.
12. 239+240Pu in the surface waters of the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Mar Pollut Bull 1997;35:7-12.
13. 137Cs in the coastal seawater of Japan. J Gepphys Res 1998;103:1209-1217.
14. 137Cs, plutonium and americium isotopes in the southern ocean waters. Pap Meteor Geophys 1988; 39:95-113.
15. 239+240Pu in the Sea of Japan. J Environ Radioact 1998;40:239-250.
16. MSA report. Annual report of radioactivity survey for 1984 to 1992. Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency, Ministry of Transport (in Japanese), 1994.
17. 137Cs in the deep waters. J Oceanogr Soc Japan 1981;37:135-144.
18. 90Sr in the central North Pacific. J Oceanogr Soc Japan 1984;40: 416-424.
19. 239+240Pu inventories in water and sediment columns from 1980 to 1986. J Oceanogr Soc Japan 1987;43:345-355.
20. 137Cs in the northern North Pacific. In: Teramoto T, editor. Deep ocean circulation. Physical and chemical aspects. Elsevier Oceanography Series 59. Netherlands: Elsevier, 1993:157-167.
21. 210Po and selected actinides in seawater and sea sediment. J Radioanal Nucl Chem Articles 1990; 138:321-330.
22. Otsuji-Hatori M, Igarashi Y, Hirose K. Preparation of a reference fallout material for activity measurements. J Environ Radioact 1996;31:143-155.
23. Seung Y-H, Yoon J-H. Some features of winter convection in the Japan Sea. J Oceanogr 1995;51:61-73.
24. UNSCEAR. Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. New York: United Nations, 1993.
25. Wahlgren MA, Marshall JM. The behavior of plutonium and other long-lived radionuclides in lake Michigan. Symposium on impacts of nuclear releases into the aquatic environment. Vienna: IAEA, 1975:227-243.
26. White Book, 1993. Yablokov AV, Karasev VK, Rumyantev VM et al. Facts and problems related to radioactive waste disposal in seas adjacent to the territory of the Russian Federation. Moscow: Office of the President of the Russian Federation.