Aegean Sea, Cyprus Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea

Radioactivity in water bodies; Geological sample radioactivity; Radioactivity in biota

Gamma-ray spectrometers

The aim of the marine radioecology project is:- to study the natural and artificial radioactivity in the marine ecosystem in the Eastern Mediterranean (Aegean, Cyprus, Ionian and Adriatic Seas) and the Black Sea,- to provide a chartography of natural and man made radiation levels in abiotic materials and biota of the marine environment,- to assess the radionuclide transfer through the different trophic links of the marine food chain,- to evaluate the exposure doses received by the Greek population from the consumption of marine foodstuffs and- to evaluate the effects of ionizing radiation on natural aquatic populations in terms of acute and chronic irradiation.The period covered is 1984-2000 for sea water and sediments, (1999-2000) for Cyprus Sea) and 1984-1998 for marine biota. The measured radionuclides are 137Cs (134Cs for 1986 also) and the natural radionuclides of uranium-radium and thorium decay series and 40K as well.

National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos', Institute of Nuclear Technology, Radiation Protection, Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory
Aghia Paraskevi P.O. Box 60228
Athens

153 10
Greece