Characterization of a Radioactively Contaminated Marine Sediment Core by Radiometric and Mass Spectrometric Techniques

Abstract

A radioactively contaminated marine sediment core stemming from Irish Sea has been characterized by radiometric and mass spectrometric techniques as for 237Np, 241Am, 239Pu, 240Pu, 241Pu, 137Cs and 154Eu. The data obtained with independent methods in the framework of a QA/QC program as compared with the source term discharges, as well as with those reported in literature, are in good agreement.JRC.E.5-Nuclear chemistr