Study of influence of land-based sources of radionuclides on radioactive contamination of Kara sea through Ob- and Yenisey river systems

Updated 2000-10-27

To assess potential levels of radionuclides input into the Kara sea from existing and potential sources of technogenic radioactivity, located on the land in the Ob- and Yenisey rivers watersheds. Specific Objectives * To reveal and estimate a) most hazardous technogenic sources of radioactive contamination in the Ob- and Yenisey watersheds and b) the most possible and dangerous natural and technogenic (antrophogenic) situations (in the regions of these sources) that may result in release of radionuclides into the environment and may lead to significant changes in the radioactive contamination of the Kara sea * To estimate parameters of radionuclides (potential amount, composition, types etc.) under release to the environment from chosen sources as a result of accidents as well as during migration from the sources to the Kara sea through river systems * To set up a dedicated Database and a Geographic Information System (GIS) for modelling transport of radionuclides from the land-based sources to the Kara sea * To develop and create a dedicated model tool for simulation of radionuclides transport from land-based sources through Ob- and Yenisey river systems to the Kara sea

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

Time frame

Status
Ongoing
Project time span
1999 - 2001
Data collection
not specified
Data processing
not specified
Data reporting
not specified

Contact information

Contact person
Ola M. Johannessen
Address
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center Edv. Griegsvei 3A 5059, Bergen Norway
Phone
+47 55 29 72 88
Fax
+47 55 20 00 50
Email
on.csrn@nessennahoj.alo

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled
Radionuclides
Media sampled/studied/modelled
Freshwater sediments
Ice/snowpack
Marine sediments
Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied
Radionuclides
Other areas
Kara sea and its watershed

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?
no
Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
Yes
Other institutes involved in the project

* Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l’Energia e l’Ambiente (ENEA-CRAM), La Speria, Italy * Riso National Laboratory (RISO), Roskilde, Denmark * Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NIERSC), St. Petersburg, Russia * Ecological Monitoring Center “Alpha” (Alpha Ltd.), St Petersburg, Russia * Krasnoyarsk Mining and Chemical Plant (KMChP), Krasnoyarsk, Russia * Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Research Institute (UHMI), Kiev, Ukraine

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

INTAS

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