First study of 237Np in Chinese soils: Source, distribution and mobility in comparison with plutonium isotopes.,Chemosphere

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First study of 237Np in Chinese soils: Source, distribution and mobility in comparison with plutonium isotopes.
Chemosphere ( IF 8.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-05 , DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126683
Youyi Ni ₁ , Qiuju Guo ₂ , Zhaoya Huang ₁ , Jian Zheng ₃ , Sixuan Li ₂ , Wenna Huang ₄ , Wenting Bu ₁

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In this study, the distribution and migration of 237Np and 239+240Pu in soils in the vicinity (<5 km) of Qinshan and Tianwan Nuclear Power Plants in China were studied, which is the first specific study of global fallout 237Np in Chinese soils. The 237Np and 239+240Pu concentrations in surface soils showed large spatial inhomogeneity. A remarkable 239+240Pu concentration (4.783 mBq/g) was observed in a surface soil near Qinshan NPP and stands for the ever reported highest value in the Chinese soils. The inventories of 239+240Pu in two Qinshan and Tianwan soil cores were estimated to be 128.8 Bq/m2 and 121.0 Bq/m2, respectively; while the 237Np inventories were 0.039 Bq/m2 and 0.035 Bq/m2 at these sites, respectively. The 240Pu/239Pu atomic ratios in these soils indicated that the global fallout is the main source of Pu in these regions. However, the non-isotopic 237Np/239Pu atomic ratio in environmental soil is not a sensitive indicator for source identification. Furthermore, we conducted pilot study on the migration behaviors of 237Np and 239+240Pu in soil core at Qinshan site with the Convection-Dispersion Equation (CDE) model. The obtained apparent dispersion coefficients of 237Np (2.82 ± 2.06 cm2/y) was 5 times higher than that of 239+240Pu (0.57 ± 0.16 cm2/y), proving that 237Np has stronger migration ability than Pu isotopes in the Qinshan soil. Finally, we predicted that with the increase of migration time, both 237Np and 239+240Pu concentration in the soil will gradually become more evenly distributed among different soil layers due to the dominant dispersion effects.

更新日期：2020-04-06

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