Concentration of selected radionuclides in seawater from Kuwait

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Abstract

No baseline existed for the radionuclides in Kuwait territorial water. With changing trend in the region to embrace nuclear energy, the baseline study is imperative to create a reference and to record the influence-functioning of upcoming power plants. The first one in Bushehr, Iran is ready to start and several more are likely to come-up in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The present baseline concentration of the four considered radionuclide's show low concentration of tritium, polonium, strontium and cesium; their concentration is comparable to most oceanic waters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1261-1264
Number of pages4
JournalMarine Pollution Bulletin
Volume64
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2012

Keywords

  • Cs
  • Po
  • H
  • Sr

Funding Agency

  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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