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A biomonitoring plan for assessing potential radionuclide exposure using Amchitka Island in the Aleutian chain of Alaska as a case study by Joanna Burger; Michael Gochfeld; D.S. Kosson; Charles W. Powers is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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With the ending of the Cold War, the US and other nations were faced with a legacy of nuclear wastes. For some sites where hazardous nuclear wastes will remain in place, methods must be developed to protect human health and the environment. Biomonitoring is one method of assessing the status and trends of potential radionuclide exposure from nuclear waste sites, and of providing the public with early warning of any potential harmful exposure. Amchitka Island (51 N lat, 179 E long) was the site of three underground nuclear tests from 1965 to 1971. Following a substantive study of radionuclide levels in biota from the marine environment around Amchitka and a reference site, we developed a suite of bioindicators (with suggested isotopes) that can serve as a model for other sites contaminated with radionuclides. Although the species selection was site-specific, the methods can provide a framework for other sites. We selected bioindicators using five criteria: (1) occurrence at all three test shots (and reference site), (2) receptor groups (subsistence foods, commercial species, and food chain nodes), (3) species groups (plants, invertebrates, fish, and birds), (4) trophic levels, and (
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- Author
- Joanna Burger; Michael Gochfeld; D.S. Kosson; Charles W. Powers
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV; Publons (ISSN 0265-931X)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)