<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A closed near-surface radioactive waste repository is the source of various radionuclides causing the human exposure. Recent investigations confirm an effectiveness of the engineering barriers installed in 2006 to prevent the penetration of radionuclides to the environment. The tritium activity concentration in groundwater decreased from tens of kBq/l to below hundreds of Bq/l. The monitoring and groundwater level data suggest the leaching of tritium from previously contaminated layers of unsaturated zone by rising groundwater while 210Pb may disperse as a decay product of 226Ra daughters.</abstract>

A closed near-surface radioactive waste repository is the source of various radionuclides causing the human exposure. Recent investigations confirm an effectiveness of the engineering barriers installed in 2006 to prevent the penetration of radionuclides to the environment. The tritium activity concentration in groundwater decreased from tens of kBq/l to below hundreds of Bq/l. The monitoring and groundwater level data suggest the leaching of tritium from previously contaminated layers of unsaturated zone by rising groundwater while 210Pb may disperse as a decay product of 226Ra daughters.

On release of radionuclides from a near-surface radioactive waste repository to the environment

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A closed near-surface radioactive waste repository is the source of various radionuclides causing the human exposure. Recent investigations confirm an...

On release of radionuclides from a near-surface radioactive waste repository to the environment

Publié en ligne: 25 sept. 2015

Pages: 551 - 555

Reçu: 29 sept. 2014

Accepté: 20 mai 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0091

Mots clés
near-surface repository · radionuclides · groundwater · radionuclide release · forest environment

© by Arūnas Gudelis

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On release of radionuclides from a near-surface radioactive waste repository to the environment

Publié en ligne: 25 sept. 2015

Pages: 551 - 555

Reçu: 29 sept. 2014

Accepté: 20 mai 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0091

Mots clésnear-surface repository · radionuclides · groundwater · radionuclide release · forest environment

© by Arūnas Gudelis

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
near-surface repository · radionuclides · groundwater · radionuclide release · forest environment