Investigation of the tritium content in surface water, bottom sediments (zoobenthos), macrophytes, and fish in the mid-stream region of the Yenisei River (Siberia, Russia)

Lydia Bondareva; Michael K Schultz

doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5042-1

Back

Investigation of the tritium content in surface water, bottom sediments (zoobenthos), macrophytes, and fish in the mid-stream region of the Yenisei River (Siberia, Russia)

Journal article

Peer reviewed

Investigation of the tritium content in surface water, bottom sediments (zoobenthos), macrophytes, and fish in the mid-stream region of the Yenisei River (Siberia, Russia)

Lydia Bondareva and Michael K Schultz

Environmental science and pollution research international, Vol.22(22), pp.18127-18136

11/2015

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5042-1

PMID: 26178837

View Online

Abstract

The potential sources of tritium input to the Yenisei River ecosystem are derived from local operations of nuclear facilities of the Mining and Chemical Combine operated by the state-owned Rosatom corporation and from sources derived from global weapons testing fallout and nuclear power. The background tritium concentrations in zoobenthos, bottom sediments, relevant commercial fish species, and widespread endogenous aquatic plants have been obtained for the first time in this region. Our results demonstrate that the major input term of tritium to this region of the Yenisei is derived from nearby mining operations of Rosatom, with tritium concentrations in aquatic plants marginally exceeding the observed background values obtained from upstream control sample collection sites.

Animals

Fishes - metabolism

Geologic Sediments - chemistry

Plants - chemistry

Rivers - chemistry

Siberia

Tritium - analysis

Water Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis

Details

Title: Subtitle: Investigation of the tritium content in surface water, bottom sediments (zoobenthos), macrophytes, and fish in the mid-stream region of the Yenisei River (Siberia, Russia)
Creators: Lydia Bondareva - Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. lydiabondareva@gmail.com
Michael K Schultz - Department of Radiology, Free Radical and Radiation Biology Program, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Environmental science and pollution research international, Vol.22(22), pp.18127-18136
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5042-1
PMID: 26178837
ISSN: 0944-1344
eISSN: 1614-7499
Grant note: P30 ES005605 / NIEHS NIH HHS K25 CA172218 / NCI NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 11/2015
Academic Unit: Radiology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Radiation Oncology
Record Identifier: 9984216568002771

Metrics

10 Record Views

5 Times Cited - Web of Science