Impact of Nuclear Accidents on Marine Biota

TY - JOUR

T1 - Impact of Nuclear Accidents on Marine Biota

AU - Vives i Batlle, Jordi

A2 - Vandenhove, Hildegarde

N1 - Score = 10

PY - 2011/6/20

Y1 - 2011/6/20

N2 - The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, precipitated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of Japan in March 2011, has raised concerns about the potential impact to marine biota posed by the release of radioactive water and radionuclide particles into the environment. The Fukushima accident is the only major nuclear accident that has resulted in the direct discharge of radioactive materials into a coastal environment. This article briefly summarizes what is currently understood about the effects of radioactive wastewaters and radionuclides to marine life.

AB - The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, precipitated by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck the northeastern coast of Japan in March 2011, has raised concerns about the potential impact to marine biota posed by the release of radioactive water and radionuclide particles into the environment. The Fukushima accident is the only major nuclear accident that has resulted in the direct discharge of radioactive materials into a coastal environment. This article briefly summarizes what is currently understood about the effects of radioactive wastewaters and radionuclides to marine life.

KW - Radionuclides Nonhuman biota

KW - Marine environment

KW - Nuclear power plants

KW - Nuclear accidents

UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/ezp_113951

UR - http://knowledgecentre.sckcen.be/so2/bibref/8078

U2 - 10.1002/ieam.231

DO - 10.1002/ieam.231

M3 - Article

VL - 7

SP - 365

EP - 367

JO - Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

JF - Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

SN - 1551-3793

IS - 3

ER -