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Marine dispersion of caesium 137 released from Sellafield and Chernobyl
Author(s) -
Prandle D.,
Beechey J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/91gl01336
Subject(s) - caesium , environmental science , atmospheric dispersion modeling , dispersion (optics) , atmospheric sciences , deposition (geology) , flushing , hydrology (agriculture) , oceanography , meteorology , air pollution , physics , geology , chemistry , nuclear physics , geomorphology , medicine , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , endocrinology , sediment , optics
This modelling study examines the dispersion within the shelf seas surrounding the UK, of 137 Cs discharged from Sellafield between 1969 and 1988 together with the atmospheric deposition following Chernobyl (April 1986). The close agreement obtained between computed and observed distributions lends confidence to estimates of flushing times‐fundamental parameters in determining pollutant concentrations. Moreover, this study confirms, to first‐order, the estimates of Chernobyl fall‐out provided by atmospheric dispersion models.