Abstract：
:As a consequence of therapeutic and diagnostic treatment of patients with thyroid diseases, 131I is introduced into the sewage system on a regular basis. This presents an opportunity to use the 131I as a tracer to study its partitioning and transport within a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). In the case of nuclear accidents where 131I is one of the most prominent nuclides, an understanding of iodine partitioning and transport will be valuable for developing models that may prognosticate the activity concentrations in sludge and outflow, especially after an accidental input. In this study, samples from various locations inside a municipal WWTP were taken and for each sample, three different fractions were separated by a chemical extraction process. These fractions were analysed for their 131I activity concentrations by gamma-ray spectroscopy. While about 30% of the radioiodine activity in the inflow is associated with organic molecules, this amounts to about 90% after biological treatment. This is caused by the accumulation of 131I bound to organic matter in the return sludge and by a transfer of 131I from the inorganic to the organic fractions, most likely mediated by microbial action. In the outflow, inorganic and low-molecular 131I is dominant, but the overall activity concentration is reduced to about 50-75%.
journal_name
J Environ Radioactjournal_title
Journal of environmental radioactivityauthors
Hormann V,Fischer HWdoi
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.07.008subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-11-01 00:00:00pages
55-62eissn
0265-931Xissn
1879-1700pii
S0265-931X(16)30730-5journal_volume
178-179pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The interactions of soil disaggregation with radionuclide erosion were studied under controlled conditions in the laboratory on samples from a loamy silty-sandy soil. The fate of 134Cs and 85Sr was monitored on soil aggregates and on small plots, with time resolution ranging from minutes to hours after contamination. ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.02.004
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Radionuclide content in soils from four locations in a tropical rainforest near Golfito in Southern Costa Rica was investigated. For comparison, two nearby locations in open grassland were also studied. From each site 5 soil cores down to a depth of 15 cm were taken. The median contamination with 137Cs was 584 Bq m-2 ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0265-931x(00)00126-0
更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The use of expanded perlite for the adsorption of thorium from aqueous solution by batch technique is presented. The effects of particle size, pH of the solution, initial thorium concentration, shaking time, V/m ratio and temperature were determined. It was found that the adsorption capacity increases by the increase ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.09.004
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Mulde River drains the former uranium mining areas in Saxony (Germany), which has led to a large-scale contamination of the river and the adjacent floodplain soils with radionuclides of the uranium decay series. The objective of the investigation is to quantify the long-term effect of former uranium mining activit...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.02.024
更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Ra isotopes are a powerful tool for quantifying the flux of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) into the sea. Previous studies of 223Ra and 224Ra mass balances in coastal embayments have shown that the Ra balance is dominated by supply via SGD, exchange with the open ocean and radioactive decay. The current study sh...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.12.005
更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:This short paper describes a number of investigations carried out to ensure preparedness for crises involving radioactivity to catering operations and private households in Finland. The specific recommendations for catering kitchens during crises were published in 1994. A study to determine the level of adherence to t...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.04.012
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Samples of phosphate fertilizers and farm soils, taken to a depth of up to 30 cm in cultivated land, were collected over the Qena governorate, Upper Egypt. Activity concentration of background radionuclides such as (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K of these samples were determined by gamma-ray spectrometry. The results show ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.04.007
更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Studies performed in the former Soviet Union were reviewed to provide interception and weathering values for radioactive particles. None of these studies were available in the English language literature before or were considered in the international reviews. The estimated mass interception fractions ranged 0.2-1.4 m2...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.03.025
更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate and improve the accuracy of the semi-mechanistic models used in regulatory exposure assessment tools, to describe the transfer factors of 137Cs from pasture soils to grass observed in different grazing areas of France between 2004 and 2017. This involved a preliminary parameteriza...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106467
更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The uncontrolled spread out of radioiodine (especially (1)(3)(1)I) produced from nuclear activities or accidents, due to its high volatility, to the biosphere represents an environmental impact because of its concentration in the thyroid gland and accumulation on soil surface. This work represents a simple method for ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.07.022
更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Three kinetic models for adsorption/release of (137)Cs between water and sediments have been tested when they are included in a previously validated dispersion model of the English Channel. Radionuclides are released to the Channel from La Hague nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (France). The kinetic models are a 1-step...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00172-3
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Radiochemical analysis was carried out on 52 drinking water samples taken from public outlets in the southwest of Western Australia. All samples were analysed for Ra-226, Ra-228 and Pb-210. Twenty five of the samples were also analysed for Po-210, and 23 were analysed for U-234 and U-238. Ra-228 was found in 45 sample...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.12.016
更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:222Rn, 220Rn and their short-lived progenies are well known radioactive indoor pollutants, identified as the leading environmental cause of lung cancer next to smoking. Apart from the conventional measurement methods, numerical modeling methods are developed to simulate their physical and decay processes in 222Rn and ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.03.006
更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Simulations of atmospheric dispersion of radon around the uranium mill tailings of the former Pridneprovsky Chemical Plant (PChP) in Ukraine were carried out with the aid of two atmospheric dispersion models: the Airviro Grid Model and the CALMET/CALPUFF model chain. The available measurement data of radon emission ra...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.03.025
更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Re-processing used nuclear fuel requires a method to effectively capture and dispose of gaseous radioiodine. Previous work has shown that nanoporous Al-O materials are effective at capturing gaseous iodine; molecular dynamics simulations have shown that the addition of fluoride to the Al-O surface should increase the ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.02.018
更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:222Rn and 220Rn in geothermal steam at Wairakei, NZ, range from 11 to 19, 500 Bq kg-1, and 25 to 16, 700 Bq kg-1, respectively, but do not cause toxic concentrations in air. The wide ranges are mainly due to differences in different physical conditions underground (e.g. thin silica diffusion barriers), not geochemical...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.09.003
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The objective of this study is to quantify the relative amounts of exchangeable organically bound tritium (OBT) and non-exchangeable OBT in various vegetables. A garden plot at Perch Lake, where tritium levels are slightly elevated due to releases of tritium from a nearby nuclear waste management area and Chalk River ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.11.006
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The dispersion of radionuclides in dust and inhalation dose rates to the public from the planned remediation of the Ranger uranium mine in the wet-dry tropics of Australia was modelled using RESRAD-OFFSITE. Dust inhalation dose rates were predicted to be highest on the remediated site and decrease with an approximate ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.02.006
更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Samples from a marine sediment core from the Irish Sea (54.416 N, 3.563 W) were analyzed for the isotopic composition of uranium, plutonium and americium by a combination of radiometric methods and AMS. The radiochemical procedure consisted of a Pu separation step by anion exchange, subsequent U separation by extracti...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.01.004
更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The migration of the uranium (U) in high-level radioactive waste that is held in deep geological repositories via fractures in deep granite aquifers is a serious safety concern, thus, this study investigates the effect of fracture filling materials designed to mitigate these concerns. Geochemical analysis was conducte...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106440
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of the spatial variability of K(d) on calculations of contaminant travel time in the vadose zone was determined. Depth discrete measurements of K(d) were made for a suite of radionuclides ((109)Cd, (57)Co, (60)Co, (85)Sr, (137)Cs, and (88)Y) utilizing a sediment core from the E-Area at the Savannah River Si...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.05.007
更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The luminescence of quartz extracted from recently fired building material is known to detect doses of few mGy and can be successfully employed in the case of large scale radiation exposures due to nuclear accidents or terrorist acts. One brick and two tiles (50-80 years range) collected from an urban settlement were ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.10.001
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Biweekly atmospheric depositions of (137)Cs were measured in Rokkasho, Aomori, Japan from March 2000 to March 2006 to study recent (137)Cs deposition. Although the deposition level was generally lower than the detectable limit, deposition samples collected in spring occasionally had measurable levels of (137)Cs. The a...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.007
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Exposure to indoor radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas, is one of the main causes of lung cancer worldwide. Although radon tests are easily accessible in most countries, and protective actions are effective and relatively easy to apply, the levels of radon testing and subsequent home remediation remain lower ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.106123
更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this work we present the results of a 2-year survey of indoor radon variations in four cities of Lahijan, Ardabil, Sar-Ein and Namin in North and Northwest Iran. We used both passive and active measurements by solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) with CR-39 polycarbonate and PRASSI Portable radon Gas Survey...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.013
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In the present work, numerical models are used to study the fate of the 99Tc discharges from Sellafield with a specific focus on the role of mesoscale eddy and tidal advection on the transport and dispersion of this radionuclide. Transport estimates are made with an ocean model that resolves a large part of the ocean ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.06.002
更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In July 2015, the currently only active monitoring station for atmospheric 85Kr measurements in the southern hemisphere went operational at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Adelaide, Australia. Here, this new data is presented and combined with measurements from historic moni...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106451
更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A large stainless-steel collection tray (with a surface area of one square metre) was purpose built and mounted on the roof of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) building at Yallambie, Victoria, Australia. Using this system two years' worth of wet/dry deposition samples have been c...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.07.004
更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:As part of the investigation of the distribution of ambient dose equivalent rates around the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), car-borne surveys using Kyoto University RAdiation MApping (KURAMA) systems have been conducted over a wide area in eastern Japan since 2011. The enormous volume of measurement d...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.09.011
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Several multi-day samplings were conducted over a 2-year period from an oil shale-fired power plant operating with pulverized fuel type of boilers that were equipped with either novel integrated desulphurization system and bag filters or with electrostatic precipitators. Oil shale, bottom ash and fly ash samples were ...
journal_title：Journal of environmental radioactivity
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.10.005
更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00
