Characterisation Of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides In The Lower Rhone River (France): Preliminary Results From Suspended Solid Monitoring
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
171
Pages
11
Page Range
235 - 245
Published
2013
Size
471 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/WRM130211
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
M. Zebracki, F. Eyrolle, X. Cagnat, C. Antonelli, A. De Vismes-Ott & V. Boullier
Abstract
Long term time series acquired in the frame of radioecological monitoring programmes are useful tools for exploring the variability of naturally occurring radionuclide contents. The data set was established in order to investigate the role of discharge, flood type and flood chronicles on such variability within the suspended sediments. Preliminary results show that radionuclide geochemical properties as well as suspended sediment nature and particle residence time may in some particular cases significantly affect the U-Th series nuclide equilibrium. Keywords: monitoring, radiological surveillance, aquatic environments, suspended sediments, radionuclides, Rhone River, uranium series, thorium series, naturally occurring radionuclides, floods.
Keywords
Keywords: monitoring, radiological surveillance, aquatic environments, suspended sediments, radionuclides, Rhone River, uranium series, thorium series, naturally occurring radionuclides, floods.