Transfer of radiocarbon liquid releases from the AREVA La Hague spent fuel reprocessing plant in the English Channel

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-196

  Fiévet, Bruno ^a   Voiseux, Claire ^a   Rozet, Marianne ^a   Masson, Michel ^a   Bailly du Bois, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon turnover; Concentration factor; Marine environment; Nuclear reprocessing plant; Radiocarbon labelling; Transfer modelling

Indexed keywords

CARBON TURNOVER; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; NUCLEAR REPROCESSING PLANTS; RADIOCARBON LABELING; TRANSFER MODELING;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CARBON 14; FUEL; SEA WATER;

CARBON ISOTOPE; EFFLUENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PREDICTION; RADIATION PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; FISHES; FRANCE; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749044979     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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