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New aspects on the transuranics transfer in the Palomares marine environment

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The environmental contamination of transuranics following the Palomares accident in 1966 (Southern Spain) has been continuous monitored on land and scientific programs are still running. The study of the land to sea transfer of the contamination started in 1986, focussed on the depositional history recorded in marine sediments. At the continental shelf, south of the mouth of the Almanzora river, enhanced levels of plutonium and americium were found which could be related to the accident. Additional analysis of marine sediments, collected far from the impact point, showed the presence of a hot particle. The study of the chronology of this sediment core and the isotopic ratios are given in this paper to assess the origin and pathway of the particle. The route of this particle was found to be the aerial transfer at the time of the accident.

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  1. Instituto PRYMA, CIEMAT, Av. Complutense 22, 28040, Madrid, (Spain)

    L. Romero & A. M. Lobo

  2. Department of Radiation Physics, Lund University, 22185, Lund, (Sweden)

    E. Holm

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Romero, L., Lobo, A.M. & Holm, E. New aspects on the transuranics transfer in the Palomares marine environment. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 161, 489–494 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02040496

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