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Studies of transuranics in an arctic marine environment

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Since the accidental loss of four nuclear weapons by a B-52 at Thule Airbase, Greenland in 1968, the marine environment at Thule has showed enhanced levels of Pu and Am. Most of the activity is confined to the benthic environment within a distance of 50 km from the crash site of the B-52. Samplings of sediments, benthos, seaplants, fish, and water have been carried out in 1968, 1970, 1974, 1979, and in 1984. The study presented herein intends to answer the following questions: What is the mean residence time of these transuranics in the benthic communities? Do Pu and Am behave differently in the environment?

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  1. Risø National Laboratory, DK-4000, Roskilde, (Denmark)

    A. Aarkrog, S. Boelskifte & H. Dahlgaard

  2. University of Lund, Lasarettet, S-221 85, Lund, (Sweden)

    S. Duniec

  3. International Laboratory of Marine Radioactivity, International Atomic Energy Agency, Monaco-Ville, (Principality of Monaco)

    E. Holm

  4. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, B2Y. 4A2, Dartmouth, N. S., (Canada)

    J. N. Smith

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Aarkrog, A., Boelskifte, S., Dahlgaard, H. et al. Studies of transuranics in an arctic marine environment. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 115, 39–50 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02041974

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