Radiocarbon in Seawater at Radioactive Waste Dumping Sites in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
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2001-01-01Keywords
pollutantswaste disposal sites
radioactive waste
waste disposal
Northeast Atlantic
hydrogen
tritium
tracers
accelerator mass spectra
Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic
West Pacific
North Pacific
Northwest Pacific
sea water
concentration
Pacific Ocean
pollution
mass spectra
spectra
C 14
carbon
isotopes
radioactive isotopes
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Povinec, P. P., Jull, A. J. T., & Burr, G. S. (2001). Radiocarbon in seawater at radioactive waste dumping sites in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific. Radiocarbon, 43(2B), 879-886.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Radiocarbon has been an important constituent of radioactive wastes dumped in the open ocean and marginal seas as well as wastes released from nuclear reprocessing plants. Therefore, in some regions these sources could have a greater impact on 14C concentration in seawater than global fallout. The high analytical sensitivity of 14C measurement by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) allows even tracer amounts of 14C to be found in seawater at radioactive waste dumping sites and their comparison with the global distribution of this radionuclide. Data on measurements of 14C in samples taken at former dumping sites in the northeast Atlantic and northwest Pacific Oceans and in the open ocean are discussed and compared with other anthropogenic radionuclides, namely 3H. Small increases in 14C concentrations observed in some bottom and surface seawater samples collected at the Northwest Pacific Ocean dumping sites require further 14C analyses before final conclusions can be made on possible leakages from dumped radioactive wastes.Type
Proceedingstext
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enISSN
0033-8222ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S0033822200041540