Plutonium in the environment: edited proceedings of the second invited international symposium, November 9-12, 1999, Osaka, Japan

Content: Foreword Pages ix-xi Murdoch S. Baxter Preface Pages xiii-xv Akira Kudo Environmental plutonium — creation of the universe to twenty-first century mankind Original Research Article Pages 1-14 David M. Taylor Plutonium in the marine environment at Thule, NW-Greenland after a nuclear weapons accident Original Research Article Pages 15-30 Henning Dahlgaard, M. Eriksson, E. Ilus, T. Ryan, C.A. McMahon, S.P. Nielsen Isotopic ratio of Pu released from fuel cycle facilities — importance of radiochemically pure 236 Pu as a tracer Original Research Article Pages 31-46 Hajimu Yamana, Toshihisa Yamamoto, Hirotake Moriyama Plutonium measurement using accelerator mass spectrometry: Methodology and applications Original Research Article Pages 47-62 Deborah Oughton, Philip Day, Keith Fifield ICP-MS analysis of environmental plutonium Original Research Article Pages 63-77 Yasuyuki Muramatsu, Satoshi Yoshida, Keiko Tagami, Shigeo Uchida, Werner Rtihm Methods for applying plutonium fission track analysis Original Research Article Pages 79-89 L. Casper Sun, Ying-Hua Xue Distribution and movement of environmental plutonium Original Research Article Pages 91-105 Gregory R. Choppin, Alfred Morgenstern The preliminary development of a plutonium in blood plasma equilibrium model Original Research Article Pages 107-119 John R. Duffield Actinides associated with particles Original Research Article Pages 121-138 Brit Salbu Speciation and transformations of sorbed Pu on geologic materials: Wet chemical and spectroscopic observations Original Research Article Pages 139-157 Martine C. Duff A plutonium geochemical database for performance analysis of high-level radioactive waste repositories Original Research Article Pages 159-174 Mikazu Yui, Tomoki Shibutani, Masahiro Shibata, Dhanpat Rai, Michael Ochs Studies of the speciation, colloidal association and remobilisation of plutonium in the marine environment Original Research Article Pages 175-200 Peter I. Mitchell, Anne B. Downes, Luis León Vintró, Ciara A. McMahon Microbial transformations of plutonium and implications for its mobility Original Research Article Pages 201-219 Arokiasamy J. Francis Interaction of Pu, Np and Pa with anaerobic microorganisms at geologic repositories Original Research Article Pages 221-232 Takayuki Sasaki, James Zheng, Hidekazu Asano, Akira Kudo Global transport of plutonium from Nagasaki to the Arctic: Review of the Nagasaki Pu investigation and the future Review Article Pages 233-250 A. Kudo, Y. Mahara, J. Zheng, T. Sasaki, E. Yunoki, M. Sugahara, D.C. Santry, J.-E. Garret Long-term trends of plutonium fallout observed in Japan Original Research Article Pages 251-266 Katsumi Hirose, Yasuhito Igarashi, Michio Aoyama, Takashi Miyao The behaviour of plutonium in the Pacific Ocean Original Research Article Pages 267-292 Hugh D. Livingston, Pavel P. Povinec, Toshimichi Ito, Orihiko Togawa Plutonium in temperate and Arctic lakes Original Research Article Pages 293-303 Mats Eriksson, Elis Holm, Per Roos, Henning Dahlgaard Plutonium: The legacy of Sellafield Original Research Article Pages 305-328 Peter J. Kershaw, Kins S. Leonard, David McCubbin, John N. Aldridge Characteristics of cumulative deposition of fallout Pu in environmental samples collected in South Korea Original Research Article Pages 329-346 M.H. Lee, C.W. Lee Plutonium mobility and its fate in soil and sediment environments Original Research Article Pages 347-362 Yasunori Mahara, Akira Kudo The present radiological situation at the nuclear weapons test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan with regard to plutonium contamination Original Research Article Pages 363-373 G.M. Voigt, N. Semiochkina, B. Dodd, B.J. Howard, B. Karabalin, M. Mukuschewa, G Rosner, A. Sanchez, D.L. Singleton, R Strand Some aspects of plutonium in and around the former Soviet Union's Semipalatinsk nuclear test site Original Research Article Pages 375-399 M. Yamamoto, M. Hoshi, J. Takada, T. Tsukatani, S. Oikawa, I. Yoshikawa, T. Takatsuji, A.Kh. Sekerbaev, B.I. Gusev Plutonium in the environment of Poland (a review) Review Article Pages 401-412 Jerzy W. Mietelski A review of plutonium releases from the Savannah River Site, subsequent behavior within terrestrial and aquatic environments and resulting dose to humans Review Article Pages 413-435 T.G. Hinton, J.E. Pinder III Closing Overview and Discussion Pages 437-439 D.M. Taylor Index of Authors Pages 441-442 Subject Index Pages 443-446 The first volume of the new series, Radioactivity in the Environment, focuses on the environmental occurrence, the speciation, the behaviour, the fate, the applications and the health consequences of that much-feared and much-publicised element, plutonium. Featuring a collection of selected, peer-reviewed, up-to-date papers by leading researchers in the field, this work provides a state-of-the-art description of plutonium in the environment. This title helps to explain where present frontiers are drawn in our continuing efforts to understand the science of environmental plutonium and will help to place widespread concerns into perspective. As a whole this new book series on environmental radioactivity addresses, at academic research level, the key aspects of this socially important and complex interdisciplinary subject. Presented objectively and with the ultimate authority gained from the many contributions by the world's leading experts, the negative and positive consequences of having a radioactive world around us will be documented and given perspective. Editor, A. Kudo. ... Second Symposium On Plutonium In The Environment, Held In Osaka, Japan, On November 9-12, 1999--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.