Dose assessment for marine biota and humans from discharge of 131I to the marine environment and uptake by algae in Sydney, Australia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 953-963

  Veliscek Carolan, Jessica ^a   Hughes, Catherine E ^a   Hoffmann, Emmy L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentration factor; Dose assessment; Ecklonia radiata; Iodine 131; Sewage treatment plant; Ulva sp.

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FACTORS; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; IODINE-131; RADIATA; ULVA SP;

IODINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OUTFALLS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; EXCRETION; IODINE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEAWATER; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER NETWORK; SHORELINE; SLUDGE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOTA; COASTAL WATERS; ECKLONIA RADIATA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; ULVA; BROWN ALGA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

ALGAE; ECKLONIA RADIATA; ULVA;

AUSTRALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PHAEOPHYTA; SEWAGE;

EID: 84555218821     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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