Radioactive tracer study of sewage field in Santa Monica bay

In a unique experiment just completed in Santa Monica Bay, CA, USA, radioactive isotopes were successfully used to trace dispersion of sewage effluent in ocean waters. The results help to establish proper design procedures to insure against beach pollution in a current expansion of the Los Angeles s...

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Published in:I.R.E. transactions on nuclear science 1957-03, Vol.4 (1), p.49-50
Main Author: Ely, Ralph L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemicals
Effluents
Isotopes
Marine vehicles
Nuclear and plasma sciences
Oceans
Pollution measurement
Sea measurements
Water pollution
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Summary:In a unique experiment just completed in Santa Monica Bay, CA, USA, radioactive isotopes were successfully used to trace dispersion of sewage effluent in ocean waters. The results help to establish proper design procedures to insure against beach pollution in a current expansion of the Los Angeles sewage system. To effect the experiment twenty curies of scandium-46 were mixed with sewage effluent and discharged into the sea. Scientists aboard a laboratory ship then took radioactive measurements over a wide area to determine dilution rate and direction of diffusion.
ISSN:0096-2015
2374-9814
DOI:10.1109/TNS2.1957.4315579