Open AccessThe effect of coal-fired power plant (CFPP) operations on food transfer Polonium-210 (210Po) in coastal ecosystem
Author(s) -
Chairun Annisa Aryanti,
Muslim Muslim,
Heny Suseno,
Wahyu Retno Prihatiningsih
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/890/1/012067
Subject(s) - polonium , radionuclide , marine ecosystem , environmental science , ecosystem , food chain , biomass (ecology) , food web , coal , plankton , trophic level , environmental chemistry , oceanography , waste management , chemistry , ecology , radiochemistry , geology , biology , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
A coal-fired power plant (CFPP) is an option to cover a requirement of supply electrical energy, but in the process of operating, it can release several radionuclides. One of the radionuclides is 210 Po which is one of the most radiotoxic natural radionuclides. 210 Po radionuclides can move into the food web in marine ecosystems. The transfer of 210 Po to marine ecosystems can be determined using a method of impact radiation doses on components of marine ecosystems such as plankton, coral, fish, molluscs, and crustacea. The results show that external and internal doses of 210 Po were still below the screening level determined by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), thus does not have an impact on the marine organism ecosystem.