Anthropogenic radionuclides in seawater of the Far Eastern Seas

被引:53
作者
Ikeuchi, Y
Amano, H
Aoyama, M
Berezhnov, VI
Chaykovskaya, E
Chumichev, VB
Chung, CS
Gastaud, J
Hirose, K
Hong, GH
Kim, CK
Kim, SH
Miyao, T
Morimoto, T
Nikitin, A
Oda, K
Pettersson, HBL
Povinec, PP
Tkalin, A
Togawa, O
Veletova, NK
机构
[1] Japan Chem Anal Ctr, Chiba 2630002, Japan
[2] Japan Atom Energy Res Inst, Dept Environm Safety Res, Tokai, Ibaraki 3191106, Japan
[3] Meteorol Res Inst, Geochem Res Dept, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050052, Japan
[4] Lab Monitoring Water Bodies Radioact Contaminat, Obninsk 249020, Russia
[5] Far Eastern Reg Hydrometeorol Res Inst, Reg Radiochem Lab, Vladivostok 6090660, Russia
[6] Korea Ocean Res & Dev Inst, Isotope Oceanog Lab, Seoul 425600, South Korea
[7] Int Atom Energy Agcy, Marine Environm Lab, Monaco, Monaco
[8] Korea Inst Nucl Safety, Dept Radiochem Anal, Daejon 305606, South Korea
[9] Maritime Safety Agcy, Hydrograph Dept, Marine Pollut Lab, Tokyo 1040045, Japan
[10] Linkoping Univ, Dept Radiat Phys, S-58185 Linkoping, Sweden
关键词
Far Eastern Seas; radioactive waste; Cs-137; Sr-90; Pu239+240; radionuclide inventories;
D O I
10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00136-9
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Large quantities of radioactive wastes have been dumped in the Far Eastern Seas by the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation, and small amounts of radioactive wastes have been dumped by Japan and the Republic of Korea. In order to investigate the concentrations of anthropogenic radionuclides in the nine dumping areas, a second expedition was conducted in 1995 by Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and IAEA, following the first expedition in 1994. The results show that Cs-137, Sr-90 and Pu239+240 concentrations in surface and bottom waters at dumping areas do not significantly differ from the values observed in background areas, and from historical values. There is no clear effect of possible contamination due to radioactive waste dumping. The concentrations and water column inventories of Cs-137, Sr-90 and Pu239+240 in the Far Eastern seas are controlled by physical oceanic processes such as horizontal transport and biogeochemical processes such as scavenging. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. AU rights reserved.
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