TRANSPORT OF RADIONUCLIDES ALONG MARINE FOODCHAIN

K. P. Ng，

K. N. Yu，

E.C.M. Young

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.6, No.4

pp.204-211

Published in print 01 Nov 1995

50700

A compartment model is employed to calculate the radionuclide concentrations in the ocean currents for a nuclear accient scenario where the long-lived ¹³⁷Cs is totally discharged into the sea. The radionuclide concentrations in both the waters of Daya Bay and the adjacent South China Sea are considered. Using the concentration factors for the marine organisms: fish, crustacea and mollusca, their radionuclide concentrations are also estimated. In this way, the whole body radiation doses received by an individual due to ingestion of marine organisms from the Daya Bay and the South China Sea are calculated.

Marine foodchainNuclear power plant137CsWhole body radiation doseIngestionHong Kong

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