<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> On ecosystems, the radioactive material can have several consequences: the mechanisms of self-regulation of biocoenosis are affected; the interactions and composition of flora and fauna in biocoenosis are modified etc., and on humans, radioactive material presents a major risk through external exposure and internal exposure to radiation. On the other hand, floods and droughts, among others, can have the effect that they can act as a support for radionuclides. The existence of risks of radioactive and chemical pollution on the lower course of the Danube, in the Black Sea Danube spill area as well as in the Black Sea coastal area, where a number of complex processes occur, determined the study of the radiochemical processes taking place in these areas. The paper addresses the following issues: radiation risk and nuclear risk, general hydrological characteristics, radioactivity of the Lower Danube water and coastal zone of the Black Sea, radioactivity of the Lower Danube sediments and coastal zone of the Black Sea, modeling of radiochemical processes.</p></abstract>

On ecosystems, the radioactive material can have several consequences: the mechanisms of self-regulation of biocoenosis are affected; the interactions and composition of flora and fauna in biocoenosis are modified etc., and on humans, radioactive material presents a major risk through external exposure and internal exposure to radiation. On the other hand, floods and droughts, among others, can have the effect that they can act as a support for radionuclides. The existence of risks of radioactive and chemical pollution on the lower course of the Danube, in the Black Sea Danube spill area as well as in the Black Sea coastal area, where a number of complex processes occur, determined the study of the radiochemical processes taking place in these areas. The paper addresses the following issues: radiation risk and nuclear risk, general hydrological characteristics, radioactivity of the Lower Danube water and coastal zone of the Black Sea, radioactivity of the Lower Danube sediments and coastal zone of the Black Sea, modeling of radiochemical processes.

Radioactivity of the lower sector of Danube River and the Black Sea coastal zone in relation to some hydrological characteristics

Ovidius University Annals of Constanta - Series Civil Engineering

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On ecosystems, the radioactive material can have several consequences: the mechanisms of self-regulation of biocoenosis are affected; the interactions and...

Radioactivity of the lower sector of Danube River and the Black Sea coastal zone in relation to some hydrological characteristics

Published Online: May 17, 2018

Page range: 15 - 27

Received: Jun 04, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ouacsce-2017-0002

Keywords
radioactivity, hydrological parameters, variability, modeling, nuclear risk

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Radioactivity of the lower sector of Danube River and the Black Sea coastal zone in relation to some hydrological characteristics

Published Online: May 17, 2018

Page range: 15 - 27

Received: Jun 04, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ouacsce-2017-0002

Keywordsradioactivity, hydrological parameters, variability, modeling, nuclear risk

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
radioactivity, hydrological parameters, variability, modeling, nuclear risk