RADIOACTIVITY RELEASE FROM RADIONUCLIDE POWER SOURCES. VIIA. DISSOLUTION STUDIES OF PLUTONIUM DIOXIDE IN THE OCEAN-5-MONTHS' EXPOSURE,

Abstract

Post-ocean-exposure examinations have been made on plutonium dioxide microspheres recovered after a 5-month exposure on the bottom at a depth of 50 feet off San Clemente Island. These examinations established that approximately 70 percent of the microspheres became encrusted with marine growth. Determination of the distribution of the microspheres and adsorbed activity in the ocean-bottom material was made in addition to post-exposure laboratory dissolution measurements, microscopic examination and X-ray diffraction measurements. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 16, 1968
Accession Number
AD0675039

Entities

People

  • Donald A. Kubose
  • Harry A. Goya
  • Herman I. Cordova
  • Ming-gon Lai

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Diffraction
  • Engineered Materials
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microspheres
  • Plutonium
  • Radioactivity
  • Research Facilities
  • Seabed
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Oceanography.