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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 liquid radioactive waste from Sellafield was granted to British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL) by UK Government Departments in January 1994. The revision took account of recent developments on the Sellafield site: operation of the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP); operation of the Enhanced 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 '4C from a gaseous discharge route to a liquid stream in order to reduce its overall radiological impact. In the revision of authorisation, the discharge limits of nuclides of greatest radiological significance (such as '°6Ru,'3'Cs 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 'z9I. The paper describes changes in discharges of radionuclides with the operation of the new developments at Sellafield.
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G.J. Hunt, B.D. Smith and W.C. Camplin, 1998. Recent changes in liquid radioactivity waste discharges to the Irish Sea from Sellafield, Part I: Inputs and uptake by coastal biota. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 75(1-4): 149-153
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G.J. Hunt*, B.D. Smith* and W.C. Camplin*
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- January 1998
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Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 75(1-4): 149-153
- Publication DOI: https://doi.org/
