Concept
Radionuclide contamination
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/M14/current/P5/1/ | ||
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| Within Vocab | OSPAR list of defined pressures on the marine environment | ||
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| Definition | Introduction of radionuclide material, raising levels above background concentrations. Such materials can come from nuclear installation discharges, and from land or sea -based operations (e.g. oil platforms, medical sources). The disposal of radioactive material at sea is prohibited unless it fulfils exemption criteria developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), namely that both the following radiological criteria are satisfied: (i) the effective dose expected to be incurred by any member of the public or ships crew is 10 micro-Sv or less in a year; (ii) the collective effective dose to the public or ships crew is not more than 1 man Sv per annum, then the material is deemed to contain de minimis levels of radioactivity and may be disposed at sea pursuant to it fulfilling all the other provisions under the Convention. The individual dose criteria are placed in perspective (i.e. very low), given that the average background dose to the UK population is approximately 2700 micro-Sv/a. Ports and coastal sediments can be affected by the authorised discharge of both current and historical low-level radioactive wastes from coastal nuclear establishments. | ||
| Date | 2015-09-11T13:08:17 | ||
| Identifier | SDN:M14::P5 | ||
| Note | accepted | ||
| Is Version Of | P5 | ||
| version | 1 | ||
| Broader | M15:P |
Pollution and other chemical changes | |
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