DETERMINATION OF PLUTONIUM TRACES IN SOME GERMAN RIVER SEDIMENTS

Authors
BARTH H GANZ M HEISE S MOLZAHN D BRANDT R KLOS H
Citation
H. Barth et al., DETERMINATION OF PLUTONIUM TRACES IN SOME GERMAN RIVER SEDIMENTS, Isotopenpraxis, 28(2), 1993, pp. 159-165
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Isotopenpraxis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00211915
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
159 - 165
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-1915(1993)28:2<159:DOPTIS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The tiny plutonium contamination of river sediments near a nuclear res earch center was measured with conventional radiochemical techniques. One could observe that up to some 10% of the emitted a-activities were due to transuranium isotopes, the rest was due to uranium and thorium , resp. their decay products. The radioecological relevance of this ob servation is discussed.