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A new certified reference material IAEA-465 for radionuclides in Baltic Sea sediment Open

M.K. Pham, M-O Aust, J. Bartocci, Oxana Blinova, Fernando P. Carvalho , et al. · 2024

Certified reference material (CRM) for natural (⁴⁰K,²¹⁰Pb,²¹⁰Po,²²⁶Ra,²²⁸Ra,²²⁸Th,²³⁰Th,²³²Th,²³⁴U,²³⁵U, and²³⁸U) and …

Anthropogenic 236U and 233U in the Baltic Sea: Distributions, source terms, and budgets Open

Mu Lin, Jixin Qiao, Xiaolin Hou, Peter Steier, Robin Golser , et al. · 2021

The Baltic Sea receives substantial amounts of hazardous substances and nutrients, which accumulate for decades and persistently impair the Baltic ecosystems. With long half-lives and high solubility, anthropogenic uranium isotopes (^2…

Chernobyl still with us: 137Caesium activity contents in seabed sediments from the Gulf of Bothnia, northern Baltic Sea Open

Aarno Kotilainen, Mia M. Kotilainen, Vesa-Pekka Vartti, Kaisa-Leena Hutri, Joonas J. Virtasalo · 2021

Anthropogenic radionuclides are among those human impacts, which can be seen widely in the marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Fallout from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident has rendered the Baltic Sea as the most polluted mar…

Strålningsövervakning av miljön i Finland : Årsrapport 2020 Open

Tero Karhunen, Katja Kojo, Päivi Kurttio, Aleksi Mattila, Jussi Paatero , et al. · 2021

Denna rapport är ett nationellt sammandrag av övervakningen av strålning i miljön i Finland 2020. Resultaten som redovisas i rapporten kommer förutom från Strålsäkerhetscentralen, även från Meteorologiska Institutet som har övervakat den t…

Environmental Radiation Monitoring in Finland : Annual report 2020 Open

Tero Karhunen, Katja Kojo, Päivi Kurttio, Aleksi Mattila, Jussi Paatero , et al. · 2021

This report is a national summary of the results of environmental radiation monitoring in Finland in 2020. In addition to the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, results to the report has been provided by the Finnish Meteorological Ins…

Ympäristön säteilyvalvonta Suomessa : Vuosiraportti 2020 Open

Tero Karhunen, Katja Kojo, Päivi Kurttio, Aleksi Mattila, Jussi Paatero , et al. · 2021

Tämä raportti on yhteenveto ympäristön säteilyvalvonnan tuloksista Suomessa vuonna 2020. Tuloksia raporttiin ovat toimittaneet Säteilyturvakeskuksen lisäksi Ilmatieteen laitos ulkoilman kokonaisbeeta-aktiivisuudesta. \nYmpäristön säteilyva…

Cyanobacterial Akinete Distribution, Viability, and Cyanotoxin Records in Sediment Archives From the Northern Baltic Sea Open

Steffaney Wood, Anke Kremp, Henna Savela, Sultana Akter, Vesa-Pekka Vartti , et al. · 2021

Cyanobacteria of the order Nostocales, including Baltic Sea bloom-forming taxa Nodularia spumigena, Aphanizomenon flosaquae , and Dolichospermum spp., produce resting stages, known as akinetes, under unfavorable conditions. These akinetes …

Detection of an unknown emission source in the Baltic Sea using the new oceanographic tracer U-233/U-236 Open

Karin Hain, Ala Aldahan, Mats Eriksson, Robin Golser, Gideon M. Henderson , et al. · 2021

<p><span>By analysing the two long-lived anthropogenic Uranium (U) isotopes U-233 and U-236 in different compartments </span><span>of the environment affected by releases of nuclear power production or by global fal…

An unknown source of reactor radionuclides in the Baltic Sea revealed by multi-isotope fingerprints Open

Jixin Qiao, Haitao Zhang, Peter Steier, Karin Hain, Xiaolin Hou , et al. · 2021

A previously unknown source of reactor radionuclides in the Baltic Sea, identified by 233, 236, 238U and 127, 129I multi-fingerprinting Open

Jixin Qiao, Haitao Zhang, Peter Steier, Karin Hain, Xiaolin Hou , et al. · 2020

We present the first application of multi-isotopic fingerprints (i.e., ²³⁶U/²³⁸U, ²³³U/²³⁶U, ²³⁶U/¹²⁹I and ¹²⁹I/¹²⁷I) for the discovery of unrevealed r…

Monitoring of radioactivity in the environment of Finnish nuclear power plants : Annual report 2019 Open

Sinikka Virtanen, Vesa-Pekka Vartti, Jani Turunen, Aleksi Mattila · 2020

This report describes the results of radiation monitoring carried out by the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) in the environment of the Loviisa and Olkiluoto nuclear power plants in 2021. STUK’s environmental monitoring and me…

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