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The first use of 236U in the general environment and near a shutdown nuclear power plant

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dc.contributor.authorQuinto, F.
dc.contributor.authorSteier, P.
dc.contributor.authorWallner, Gabriele
dc.contributor.authorWallner, Anton
dc.contributor.authorFroehlich, Michaela
dc.contributor.authorBichler, Max
dc.contributor.authorKutschera, Walter
dc.contributor.authorTerrasi, F.
dc.contributor.authorPetraglia, A.
dc.contributor.authorSabbarese, C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:48:24Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:36:55Z
dc.description.abstractWe present a first effort to investigate 236U in the environment near a shutdown nuclear power plant far away from highly contaminated sites, by using accelerator mass spectrometry. The detection limit of about 1 pg 236U allowed us to identify a minimal increase of the 236U/238U isotopic ratio correlated to a peak of 137Cs in river sediments downstream of the nuclear power plant, and to detect anthropogenic 236U also upstream, where it is probably not related to the power plant but to global fallout. The 236U content shoved variations of the 236U/238U isotopic ratio in relation to the chemical-physical characteristics of the sediments. This demonstrates the potential of 236U as an environmental tracer, and as an indicator for releases from nuclear facilities.
dc.identifier.issn0969-8043
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/80089
dc.publisherPergamon-Elsevier Ltd
dc.sourceApplied Radiation and Isotopes
dc.subject236 U
dc.subjectAccelerator mass spectrometry
dc.subjectAMS
dc.subjectContaminated sites
dc.subjectDetection limits
dc.subjectEnvironmental tracers
dc.subjectGlobal fallout
dc.subjectIsotopic ratios
dc.subjectNuclear facilities
dc.subjectPhysical characteristics
dc.subjectRiver sediments
dc.subjectCesium
dc.subjectHydrogen bonds
dc.subjectIsotopes
dc.subjectMass spectr 236U
dc.subjectAMS
dc.subjectUranium isotopic ratios
dc.titleThe first use of 236U in the general environment and near a shutdown nuclear power plant
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue10
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1780
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1775
local.contributor.affiliationQuinto, F., University of Vienna VERA
local.contributor.affiliationSteier, P, University of Vienna
local.contributor.affiliationWallner, Gabriele, University of Vienna
local.contributor.affiliationWallner, Anton, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationFroehlich (previously Srncik) , Michaela, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationBichler, Max, Technical University of Vienna
local.contributor.affiliationKutschera, Walter, University of Vienna
local.contributor.affiliationTerrasi, F., Second University of Naples
local.contributor.affiliationPetraglia, A., Second University of Naples
local.contributor.affiliationSabbarese, C., Second University of Naples
local.contributor.authoruidWallner, Anton, u5124538
local.contributor.authoruidFroehlich (previously Srncik) , Michaela, u5217967
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor020200 - ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, NUCLEAR, PARTICLE AND PLASMA PHYSICS
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB8419
local.identifier.citationvolume67
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.05.007
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-68949219480
local.type.statusPublished Version

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