NE Atlantic

Radioactivity in biota; Electrical conductivity of the water column; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Radioactivity in water bodies; Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column; Geological sample radioactivity

Discrete water samplers; continuous water samplers; unconsolidated sediment corers; CTD

Concentrations of artificial radionuclides have been determined in sediments, surface and bottom waters, and biota (principally the rat-tail Coryphaenoides armatus) from on and around the NEA dumpsite for low level radioactive waste, which was used for packaged waste disposal up to 1982. The data were obtained to test some of the assumptions in the 1985 Size Suitability Review assessment model and estimate the extent, if any, of leakage from the drums. In addition, measurements of the natural radionuclide polonium-210 have been made to assess the radiation dose to marine organisms resulting from the natural radiation background.

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory
Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR33 OHT
United Kingdom