Wind Effect on Currents in a Thin Surface Layer of Coastal Waters faced Open-Sea

The Tokai Reprocessing Plant has reprocessed the total amount of 1,140 tons of spent fuels since 1977 to the end of fiscal year 2008. During the operation, radioactive liquid effluent has been discharged into the sea from the outlet of the pipeline after the discharge approval. The amount of 3 H discharged to the sea was 4.5 PBq in total. Therefore, since 1978, JAEA has sampled seawater around the outlet every month. Tritium concentrations in seawater were analyzed and measured using a liquid scintillation counter. All data were used to calculate the dilution factor which means the ratio of the 3 H concentration in seawater to that in liquid effluent. The number of 3 H samples with concentrations below the detection limit was 9,079 (82.0 %) and the number of those from the limit to 40 Bq/L (as quantification limit) was 1,964 (17.7 %). The maximum concentration was 1,700 Bq/L at the point just above the outlet in 1979. Moreover, the dilution factors were ranged between 240 and 6,500,000. All 3 H concentrations in water were confirmed to be below 60,000 Bq/L that was specified by the law and there has been no concern about environmental safety risk.

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Tritium Concentration and Diffusion in Seawater Discharged from Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Kokubun

Fujita

Nakano

et al. 2011

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology

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Tritium Concentration and Diffusion in Seawater Discharged from Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Nakano¹,

Kokubun²,

Takeishi³

2009

Jpn. J. Health Phys.

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Wind Effect on Currents in a Thin Surface Layer of Coastal Waters faced Open-Sea

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Tritium Concentration and Diffusion in Seawater Discharged from Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Tritium Concentration and Diffusion in Seawater Discharged from Tokai Reprocessing Plant

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