title: Distribution of organic carbon, selected stable elements and artificial radionuclides among dissolved, colloidal and particulate phases in the Rhône River (France): preliminary results.
abstract: The behaviour of radionuclides discharged from nuclear facilities in the Rhône River depends on their distribution among the dissolved, colloidal and particulate phases. A large water sample was fractionated using sequential ultrafiltration. Size distributions of organic carbon, Fe, Al, Si, Ca, Mg, Cu, Zn, 137Cs, 60Co and 106Ru were obtained. Our results show that organic colloids account for 11% of the total organic carbon content. Approximately 20% of the dissolved (< 450 nm) Fe and Al are in colloidal classes. 137Cs is not significantly transferred by the colloidal phase while 25% of 60Co or 106Ru is associated with organic and inorganic colloids.
authors.affiliation: IPSN/DPRE/SERNAT, Laboratoire d'Etudes Radioécologiques Continentales et de la Méditerranée, Base IFREMER, BP 330, 83507 La Seyne sur mer, France. eyrolle@accra.ipsn.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eyrolle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charmasson
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D003102:Colloids / Q000032:analysis; D005602:France; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010316:Particle Size; D012429:Ruthenium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012995:Solubility; D014462:Ultrafiltration; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D003102:Colloids; D008670:Metals; D012429:Ruthenium Radioisotopes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive; D002244:Carbon