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Recent changes in liquid radioactivity waste discharges to the Irish Sea from Sellafield, Part I: Inputs and uptake by coastal biota
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Recent changes in liquid radioactivity waste discharges to the Irish Sea from Sellafield, Part I: Inputs and uptake by coastal biota
G.J. Hunt, B.D. Smith and W.C. Camplin
A revised authorisation to discharge radioactive waste from Sellafieldwas granted to BNFL by UK Government Departments in January 1994. The revision took account of recent developments on the Sellafield site: operation ofthe Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP); operation of the Enhance Actinide Removal Plant (EARP) which enables stored liquid concentrates and routine arisings of liquid effluents to be treated prior to discharge; and diversion of waste containing 14C from a gaseous discharge route to a liquid stream in order to reduce its overall radiological impact. In the revision ofauthorisation,the discharge limits ofnuclides of greatest radiological significance (such as 106Ru,137Cs and the transuranics) were reduced, so that the impact of discharges at full utilisation of the authorisation would be lower than before. To allow the new developments to take place, increases were allowed in discharge limits for some nuclides of low radiological significance, such as 3H, 14C, 99Tc and 129I. The paper describes changes in discharges of radionuclides with the operation ofthe new developments at Sellafield.
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G.J. Hunt, B.D. Smith and W.C. Camplin, 1997. Recent changes in liquid radioactivity waste discharges to the Irish Sea from Sellafield, Part I: Inputs and uptake by coastal biota. Radioprotection-Colloques, 32(C2): 17-22
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G.J. Hunt*, B.D. Smith* and W.C. Camplin*
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- January 1997
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Radioprotection-Colloques, 32(C2): 17-22
- Publication DOI: https://doi.org/
