Radionuclide transfer in marine coastal ecosystems, a modelling study using metabolic processes and site data

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-59

  Konovalenko, L ^a   Bradshaw, C ^a   Kumblad, L ^a   Kautsky, U ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Bioaccumulation; Concentration ratio; Probabilistic simulations; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CESIUM; DIGITAL STORAGE; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; LEAD; METABOLISM; MODELS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMARIUM; STRONTIUM; TECHNETIUM; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

BALTIC SEA; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PROBABILISTIC SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS (PDFS); RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; SITE-SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACTINIUM; AMERICIUM; CALCIUM ION; CESIUM ION; CHLORINE; HOLMIUM; IODINE; LEAD; NEPTUNIUM; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; ORGANIC MATTER; PALLADIUM; PLUTONIUM; PROTACTINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM; SAMARIUM; SELENIUM; SILVER; STRONTIUM; TECHNETIUM; THORIUM; TIN; URANIUM; ZIRCONIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METABOLISM; ORGANIC MATTER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REPOSITORY; SAFETY;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARTMENT MODEL; FISH; GRAZER; METABOLIC RATE; NUCLEAR WASTE; PROBABILITY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY; ZOOPLANKTON; ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; FORSMARK; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84900522714     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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