Plutonium from Mayak: Measurement of isotope ratios and activities using accelerator mass spectrometry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1938-1945

  Oughton, Deborah H ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^b   Day, J Philip ^c   Cresswell, Richard C ^b   Skipperud, Lindis ^a   Di Tada, Marianne L ^b   Salbu, Brit ^a   Strand, Per ^d   Drozcho, Eugeny ^e   Mokrov, Yuri ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^e MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISCHARGES;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM 240;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 12944252975     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es990847z     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Joint Norwegian Russian Expert Group (JNREG). Sources contributing to radioactive contamination of the Techa River and areas surrounding the "Mayak"Production Association, Urals, Russia; Joint Norwegian-Russian Expert Group for Investigation of Radioactive Contamination in the Northern Areas: Østerås, 1997; IBSN 82-993079-6-1.
2. Akleyev, A. V.; Lyubchansky, E. R. Sci. Total Environ. 1994, 142, 1-8.
3. Bulgakov, L. A. Environmental Impacts of Radioactive Releases; IAEA-SM-339; IAEA: Vienna, 1995; pp 467-478.
4. Trondstad, E.; Nøren, A.; Oughton, D. H.; Salbu, B.; Skipperud, L.; Clacher, A.; Romanov, G.; Strand, P.; Christensen, G. C. In Radioactivity in Arctic Waters; Strand, P., Cooke, A., Eds.; NRPA: Østerås, 1996; pp 256-260.
5. Bradley, D. J.; Jenquin, U. P. Radioactive Inventories and Sources far Contamination of the Kara Sea by Riverine Transport; PNWD-2316; 1996, Richland: Washington.
6. Choppin, G.; Rydberg, J.; Liljenzin, J. O. Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, 2nd ed.; Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford. 1995.
7. Momoshima, N.; Kakiuchi, H.; Maeda, Y.; Hirai, E.; Ono, T. J. Radioanal. Nucl Chem. 1997, 221, 231-217.
8. United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). Report to the General Assembly with Scientific Annexes; UN-E.94.IX.2; United Nations: New York, 1993.
9. Beasely, T. M.; Kelley, J. M.; Maiti, T. C.; Bond, L. A. J Environ. Radioact. 1998, 38, 133-142.
10. Buessler, K. O.; Sholkowitz, E. R. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 1987, 51, 2623-2637.
11. Kershaw, P. J.; Sampson, K. E.; McCarthy, W.; Scott, R. D. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 1995, 190, 113-124.
12. Kutkov, V. A. Environmental Impact of Radioactive Releases; IAEA: Vienna, 1995; pp 625-630.
13. Aarkrog, A.; Dahlgaard, H.; Nielsen, S. P.; Trapeznikov, A. V.; Molchanova, I. L.; Pozolotina, V. N.; Karavaeva, E, N.; Yushkov, P. I.; Polikarpov, G. G. Sci. Total Environ. 1977, 201, 137-154.
14. Beasley, T. M.; Kelley, J. M.; Orlandini, K. A.; Bond, L. A.; Aarkrog, A.; Trapeznikov, A. V.; Pozolotina, V. N. J. Environ. Radiat. 1998, 39, 215-230.
15. Pfenning, G.; Klewe-Nebenius, H.; Seelmann-Eggebert, W. Karlsruher Nuklidkarte (Chart of the Nuclides); Forschung-szentrum: Karlsruhe, 1995.
16. Clacher, A. P. Development and Application of Analytical Methods for Environmental Radioactivity. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Manchester, U.K., 1995.
17. Fifield, L. K.; Cresswell, R. G.; di Tada, M. L.; Ophel, T. R.; Day, J. P.; Clacher, A. P.; King, S. J.; Priest, N. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 1996, 117, 295-303.
18. Currie, L. A. Anal. Chem. 1968, 40, 586-603.
19. Romanov, G. N. Modern radiological situation in the "Mayak" PA site region. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: Oslo, 1995.
20. Drozcho, E. G.; Ivanov, I. A.; Alexakhin, A. I.; Samsonova, L. M.; Glagolev, A. V. J. Radiat. Saf. Issues 1996, 1, 11-19 (in Russian, English abstract).