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dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Niall
dc.contributor.authorMcCartney, Martin
dc.contributor.authorScott, E. M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T20:44:05Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T20:44:05Z
dc.date.issued1998-01-01
dc.identifier.citationMcNamara, N., McCartney, M., & Scott, E. M. (1998). A review of 14C waste arising from the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom. Radiocarbon, 40(1), 425-432.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200018300
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/653519
dc.descriptionFrom the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997.
dc.description.abstractWe report on a review of 14C production and release from the nuclear industry in the United Kingdom (UK). Using earlier predictions (Bush, White and Smith 1984) it is estimated that a total of 1764 TBq of 14C would have been produced in UK graphite-moderated reactors up to the end of 1995, and 135 TBq of this total would have been released. Release rates, based on reported discharges, of 5.1 and 0.93 TBq GW(e)a-1 have been derived for Magnox reactors and Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors (AGRs), respectively. Using these new figures, cumulative discharges of 14C up to 1995 from reactors have been estimated at 531 TBq. The combination of these reactor discharges and the reported discharges from Sellafield (388 TBq) and Amersham (52 TBq) suggest a total cumulative release of 971 TBq of 14C up to the end of 1995.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
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dc.subjectAmersham International nuclear facility
dc.subjectvolume
dc.subjectSellafield England
dc.subjectdischarge
dc.subjectradioactive waste
dc.subjectwaste disposal
dc.subjectnuclear facilities
dc.subjectgraphite
dc.subjectnative elements
dc.subjectUnited Kingdom
dc.subjectEurope
dc.subjectWestern Europe
dc.subjectC 14
dc.subjectcarbon
dc.subjectisotopes
dc.subjectradioactive isotopes
dc.titleA Review of 14C Waste Arising from the Nuclear Industry in the United Kingdom
dc.typeProceedings
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dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
dc.description.noteThis material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries.
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dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume40
dc.source.issue1
dc.source.beginpage425
dc.source.endpage432
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