Assessment of siltation rate and sediment transport in Bombay harbour based on Cesium-137 distribution
Low level aqueous radioactive wastes from the nuclear complex at Trombay are discharged into the Bombay harbour. Of the 6 principal radionuclides comprising the discharge, cesium-137 is most predominantly taken up by silt from the sea water. Isoactivity contours show that activity levels just off the point of discharge, and further south to Pir Pau, were between 50 and 100 pCi/g. Activity in the main channel of the harbour remained below 10 pCi/g, while further north (below the Thane Creek bridge) it was around 20 pCi/g. Activity in the top 6 cm of a core off Trombay naval jetty was <5 pCi/g, reaching a maximum of 178 pCi/g at 14cm below the surface. Thereafter, it tapered off to 5 pCi/g down to a metre.
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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1982
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| Subjects: | Environment, Pollution, sediment transport, radioactive wastes, silting, marine, Bombay, Maharashtra, India, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/31697 |
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