Tritium Level Along Romanian Black Sea Coast

Establishing the tritium level along the Romanian Black Sea Coast, after 10 years of exploitation of the nuclear power plant from Cernavoda, is a first step in evaluating its impact on the Black Sea ecosystem. The monitoring program consists of tritium activity concentration measurement in sea water...

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Published in:Fusion science and technology 2008-07, Vol.54 (1), p.285-288
Main Authors: Varlam, Carmen, Stefanescu, Ioan, Popescu, Irina, Faurescu, Ionut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BLACK SEA
CONVECTION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MONITORING
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY
NUCLEAR POWER
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
PLANTS
PRECIPITATION
SAMPLING
SEAWATER
SHORES
TRITIUM
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Summary:Establishing the tritium level along the Romanian Black Sea Coast, after 10 years of exploitation of the nuclear power plant from Cernavoda, is a first step in evaluating its impact on the Black Sea ecosystem. The monitoring program consists of tritium activity concentration measurement in sea water and precipitation from Black Sea Coast between April 2005 and April 2006. The sampling points were spread over the Danube-Black Sea Canal - before the locks Agigea and Navodari, and Black Sea along the coast to the Bulgarian border. The average tritium concentration in sea water collected from the sampling locations had the value of 11.1 +/- 2.1 TU, close to tritium concentration in precipitation. Although an operating nuclear power plant exists in the monitored area, the values of tritium concentration in two locations are slightly higher than those recorded elsewhere. To conclude, it could be emphasized that until now, Cernavoda NPP did not had any influence on the tritium concentration of the Black Sea Shore.
ISSN:1536-1055
1943-7641
DOI:10.13182/FST08-A1814