RV Cirolana CIR12/94
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Cirolana (74CZ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise identifier | CIR12/94 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise period | 1994-12-01 — 1994-12-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Completed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of departure | Lowestoft, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Port of return | Lowestoft, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Objectives | 1. To collect and process surface and bottom water from UK coastal waters for the analysis of Tc, Cs, Sb and transuranic radionuclides as part of the post Enhanced Actinide Removal plant (EARP) survey (AE0114A, Nuclear Fission Safety Programme).
2. To conduct further studies to determine the temporal distribution and stability if actinide colloids in both surface and bottom waters using a variety of ultrafiltration techniques (AE0114A, Nuclear Fission Safety Programme). 3. To study the surface sediment and water concentrations of U, Th, Ra, Po and Pb radionuclides and nutrients in the immediate vicinity of the Marchon outfall and further offshore in the eastern Irish Sea. Part of this work is to be done in conjunction with a small charter vessel (AE0115A). 4. To collect, on behalf of IAEA, the remainder of a bulk fish sample required for worldwide distribution as an intercalibration reference sample (carried over from CIR 6/94). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief scientist | Kinson S Leonard (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Lowestoft Fisheries Laboratory) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruise report |  (0.21 MB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ocean/sea areas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General | North Sea Irish Sea and St. George's Channel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specific | Celtic Sea, Irish Sea, Malin, Western Isles, North Sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Measurements | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water bottle stations | Quantity: number of stations = 85 Description: surface S only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CTD stations | Quantity: number of stations = 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemical oceanography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 60 Description: natural radionuclides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 86 Description: Caesium, Antimony, Americium, Cobalt studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radioactivity | Quantity: number of samples = 4 Description: radiocolloids | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biology and fisheries | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demersal fish | Quantity: number of hauls = 4 Description: mixed fish samples for radiation contamination studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geology and geophysics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core - soft bottom | Quantity: number of cores = 2 Description: Caesium, Antimony, Americium, Cobalt studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Data held at BODC | Get data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series/Profiles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 CTD/STD cast | Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates Salinity of the water column Temperature of the water column Vertical spatial coordinates
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