Plutonium isotopes, 241Am and 137Cs activity concentrations in marine sediments of Gökova Bay Aegean Turkish Coast

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2000-10
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Turkish Atomic Energy Authority
Abstract
Samples of marine surface sediments of different grain sizes collected in Gökova , a small bay on the Aegean Turkish Coast, have been examined to measure α- and γ- radioactivity. The purpose of this research is to define a baseline study of man-made radionuclides on sediments collected along Gökova Bay, using a combination of direct gamma spectrometry, radiochemical separation and a-spectrometry. As the artificial radionuclides, 137Cs for all sediment cores samples were under detection limit. The activity concentrations of the 239,240Pu were observed to be in the range of 0.13±0.017- 0.85±0.15Bq.kg-1. 241Am and 238Pu were identified at a very low level.
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I. Avrasya Nükleer Bilimler ve Uygulamaları Konferansı : 23-27 Ekim 2000. İzmir, Türkiye.
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Plutonium isotopes, Plütonyum izotopları, Gökova Bay Aegean Turkish Coast, Gökova Körfezi Ege Türk Kıyısı, 241Am, 137Cs, Marine sediments, Deniz tortuları, Marine pollution -- Turkey, Deniz kirliliği -- Türkiye
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Tanbay Uğur, A., Yener, G., (2000). Plutonium isotopes, 241Am and 137Cs activity concentrations in marine sediments of Gökova Bay Aegean Turkish Coast. I. Eurasia Conference on Nuclear Science and Its Application, Presentations, Vol 1, (s. 626-632). 23-27 October 2000. İzmir, Turkey.