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RECORD NUMBER: 22 OF 69| Main Title | Fate and bioaccumulation of soil-associated low-level naturally occurring radioactivity following disposal into a marine ecosystem / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Author | Hunt, Carlton D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CORP Author | Rhode Island Univ., Narragansett. Marine Ecosystems Research Lab.;Office of Radiation Programs, Washington, DC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Marine Ecosystems Research Laboratory, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA-520/1-86-017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB87-204822 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 32673511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Radioactive pollution of the sea--Environmental aspects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Soils ; Natural radioactivity ; Sampling ; Radium ; Uranium ; Radioactive isotopes ; Disposal ; Tables(Data) ; Mollusca ; Exposure ; Marine environments ; Marine disposal ; Ocean waste disposal ; Bioaccumulation ; Environmental effects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | xxvi, 155 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The fate of Radium (Ra) and other naturally occurring Uranium series isotopes associated with soils disposed in seawater was examined using the Marine Ecosystem Research Laboratory (MERL) controlled marine ecosystems. Thirty-seven kilograms of a soil containing approximately 400 pCi Ra-226/g from an inactive uranium ore processing plant site in Middlesex, New Jersey, were added to each of two mesocosms over five days in mid-September 1984. Radionuclide activity in these and two control mesocosms was observed for three months after the soil additions. Radioactivity in the soil appeared to be confined to discrete soil particles rather than being distributed equally on the soil particles, suggesting the source of the radioactivity was remnant ore particles. |
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| Notes | "October 1, 1986." Final report for Office of Radiation Programs US EPA cooperative agreement CR-810265-02 (in part). "EPA-520/1-86-017." "Project Officer, Marilyn Varela, Office of Radiation Programs, US EPA." Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-155). |
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| Contents Notes | The fate of Radium (Ra) and other naturally occurring Uranium series isotopes associated with soils disposed in seawater was examined using the Marine Ecosystem Research Laboratory (MERL) controlled marine ecosystems. Thirty-seven kilograpms of a soil containing approximately 400 pCi Ra-226/g from an inactiv uranium ore processing plant site in Middlesex, N.J. were added to each of two mesocosms over five days in mid-September 1984. Radionuclide acivity in these and two control mesocosms was observed for three months after the soil additions. Radioactivity in the soil appeared to be confined to discrete soil particles rather than being distributed equally on the soil particles, suggesting the source of the radioactivity was remnant ore particles. |