Seasonal Cycling of Cesium-137 in a Reservoir
- 16 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 203 (4381) , 649-651
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.203.4381.649
Abstract
Studies of a reservoir in the southeastern United States show that cesium-137, introduced into the system from a leak in a nuclear fuel element, cycles between the water and sediment on a seasonal basis. The cycling, which coincides with the annual periods of thermal stratification in this monomictic lake, has been occurring for over 10 years.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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