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The effect of radioactive waste storage in Andreev Bay on contamination of the Barents Sea ecosystem

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The effect of temporary radioactive waste storage on the ecological status of the sea and biota in the littoral of Andreev and Malaya Andreev bays and near the shore of Motovskii Gulf (including the mouth part of the Zapadnaya Litsa Bay) was analyzed. The littoral sediments contaminated by the 137Сs, 90Sr, 238Pu, and 239,240Pu isotopes are located in the zones of constant groundwater discharge on the shores of Andreev and Malaya Andreev bays. The littoral slopes and bottom depressions of the bays accumulate finely dispersed terrigenous material and 137Сs. The investigations have shown that the storage does not exert a significant adverse effect on the radioactive conditions and the status of the sea ecosystems beyond Andreev Bay.

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  1. Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Kola Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Murmansk, 183010, Russia

    G. G. Matishov, G. V. Ilyin, I. S. Usyagina, D. V. Moiseev, N. E. Kasatkina & D. A. Valuyskaya

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Original Russian Text © G.G. Matishov, G.V. Ilyin, I.S. Usyagina, D.V. Moiseev, Salve Dahle, N.E. Kasatkina, D.A. Valuyskaya, 2017, published in Doklady Akademii Nauk, 2017, Vol. 472, No. 5, pp. 590–595.

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Matishov, G.G., Ilyin, G.V., Usyagina, I.S. et al. The effect of radioactive waste storage in Andreev Bay on contamination of the Barents Sea ecosystem. Dokl. Earth Sc. 472, 220–225 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X17020155

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