Radiocarbon in Seawater at Radioactive Waste Dumping Sites in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific
dc.contributor.author | Povinec, P. P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jull, A. J. T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burr, G. S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-11T21:32:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-11T21:32:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-8222 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0033822200041540 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654608 | |
dc.description | From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000. | |
dc.description.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. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona | |
dc.relation.url | http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/ | |
dc.rights | Copyright © by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. All rights reserved. | |
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dc.subject | pollutants | |
dc.subject | waste disposal sites | |
dc.subject | radioactive waste | |
dc.subject | waste disposal | |
dc.subject | Northeast Atlantic | |
dc.subject | hydrogen | |
dc.subject | tritium | |
dc.subject | tracers | |
dc.subject | accelerator mass spectra | |
dc.subject | Atlantic Ocean | |
dc.subject | North Atlantic | |
dc.subject | West Pacific | |
dc.subject | North Pacific | |
dc.subject | Northwest Pacific | |
dc.subject | sea water | |
dc.subject | concentration | |
dc.subject | Pacific Ocean | |
dc.subject | pollution | |
dc.subject | mass spectra | |
dc.subject | spectra | |
dc.subject | C 14 | |
dc.subject | carbon | |
dc.subject | isotopes | |
dc.subject | radioactive isotopes | |
dc.title | Radiocarbon in Seawater at Radioactive Waste Dumping Sites in the Northeast Atlantic and Northwest Pacific | |
dc.type | Proceedings | |
dc.type | text | |
dc.identifier.journal | Radiocarbon | |
dc.description.collectioninformation | The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.description.admin-note | Migrated from OJS platform February 2021 | |
dc.source.volume | 43 | |
dc.source.issue | 2B | |
dc.source.beginpage | 879 | |
dc.source.endpage | 886 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-02-11T21:32:56Z |