Distribution of radiocarbon in sediments of the cooling pond of RBMK type Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania.

The vertical distribution of radiocarbon (14C) was examined in the bottom sediment core, taken from Lake Drūkšiai, which has served as a cooling pond since 1983 for the 26 years of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) operation using two RBMK-1500 reactors (Russian acronym for"Channelized La...

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Main Authors: Rūta Barisevičiūtė, Evaldas Maceika, Žilvinas Ežerinskis, Justina Šapolaitė, Laurynas Butkus, Jonas Mažeika, Vytautas Rakauskas, Laurynas Juodis, Andrius Steponėnas, Rūta Druteikienė, Vidmantas Remeikis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237605