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Bondareva, L.G. and Bolsunovsky, A.Ya. (2008) Speciation of artificial radionuclides 60Co, 137Cs, 152Eu and 241Am in bottom sediments of the Yenisei River, Radiochemistry, 50, 547-552.

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• TITLE: The relationship of mineral and geochemical composition to artificial radionuclide partitioning inYenisei river sediments downstream frommining-and-chemical combine rosatom

  AUTHORS: Bondareva Lydia, Artamonova Svetlana

  KEYWORDS: Geochemical Properties, Sediments, Radionuclides, Correlation, the Yenisei River

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.3 No.7, July 25, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Discharges from the Mining-and-Chemical Com- bine (MCC) of Rosatom, downstream from Krasnoyarsk-26, near of the Krasnoyarsk resulted in radioactive contamination of sedi-ments of the River Yenisei. The concentration of artificial gammaemitting radionuclides (137Cs, 60Co, 152Eu, and 241Am) was determined to analyze the migration processes leading to the transport of these radionuclides. The concentration of artificial radionuclides in the surface layers of the studied area varied in wide ranges: 137Cs – 318 - 1800 Bq/kg, 60Co – 87 - 720 Bq/kg, 152Eu – 12 - 287 Bq/kg and 241Am – 6 - 76 Bq/kg. There was a sequence of migration of radionuclides investigated in the surface layer of sedi-ments that were collected in the near zone of influence of the MCC: 241Am ≈ 152Eu >60Co >137Cs. Radionuclide species have been found to be directly related to sediment structure and composition.