Internal doses rate in fish that live in a dam that was built to store water for the Ore Treatment Unit. |
Hoplias spp (fish) |
4·101 |
U-238, Th-232 and Ra-226 |
Pereira et al. 2020PEREIRA WS ET AL. 2020. Dose in biota due to alpha radionuclide emitters in a dan associated with a uranium mining. Braz J Radiat Sci 8(1B).
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astyanax spp (fish) |
6.2·102 |
Evaluation of absorbed D R in fish from Brazilian coast. |
Four (4) species of fish from three (3) Brazilian States |
~102 |
U-238, U-235, U-234, Th-232, Th-230, Th-228, Ra-226, Ra-228, Pb-210 |
Pereira 2010PEREIRA WS. 2010. The calculation of the absorbed dose in the biota as an environmental radioprotection tool. PhD Thesis. Fluminense Federal University -UFF/Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese).
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Assessment of D R in fish from coast of Ceará, Brazil. |
Lutjanus cyanopterus (cubera snapper) |
14.7 |
U-238, Ra-226, Pb-210, Th-232 and Ra-228 |
Pereira et al. 2010PEREIRA WDS, KELECOM A & PY JÚNIOR DDA. 2010. Activity of natural radionuclides and their contribution to the absorbed dose in the fish cubera snapper (lutjanus cyanopterus, cuvier, 1828) on the coast of Ceara, Brazil. Braz J Oceanogr 58(SPE4): 25-32.
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Assessment of D R around uranium mining at Caetité, Brazil. |
Tilapia nilotica (Tilapia Fish) |
6.9 |
U-238, Ra-226, Pb-210, Th-232 and Ra-228 |
Pereira et al. 2008PEREIRA WDS, KELECOM A & PY JÚNIOR DDA. 2008. Absorbed Dose Rate Due to Intake of Natural Radionuclides by Tilapia Fish (Tilapia nilotica, Linnaeus, 1758) Estimated Near Uranium Mining at Caetite, Bahia, Brazil. AIP Conference Proceedings 1034 1: 393-396.
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Total dose rate in cooling pond of Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) ten year after accident |
Pelagic fish |
4·104 |
Several artificial radionuclides |
Kryshev & Sazykina 2012KRYSHEV AI & SAZYKINA TG. 2012. Comparative analysis of doses to aquatic biota in water bodies impacted by radioactive contamination. J Environ Radioact 108: 9-14.
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Benthic fish |
2·105 |
Total dose rate near the Fukushima NPP at the early stage of the accident |
Benthic fish |
~1.7·109 |
Several artificial radionuclides |
Aliyu et al. 2015ALIYU AS, RAMLI AT, GARBA NN, SALEH MA, GABDO HT & LIMAN MS. 2015. Fukushima nuclear accident: Preliminary assessment of the risks to non-human biota. Radiat Prot Dosim 163(2): 238-250.
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Macroalgae |
~ 3.1·109 |
Total dose rate in the Republic of Korea 1 year after the Fukushima NPP accident |
Fish and frog |
~ 2.0·101 |
I-131, Cs-134 and Cs-137 |
Keum et al. 2013KEUM DK, JUN I, LIM KM & CHOI YH. 2013. Radiation dose to human and non-human biota in the Republic of Korea resulting from the Fukushima nuclear accident. Nucl Eng Technol 45(1): 1-12.
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Total dose due to discharge of liquid effluents from a nuclear medicine facility |
Fish |
2.7·102 |
I-131 |
Carmo 2019CARMO AS. 2019. Descarga de efluentes líquidos contendo radionuclídeos em uma instalação de medicina nuclear e seus impactos no meio ambiente. Tese de doutorado, D.Sc. COPPE/UFRJ.
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Crustaceans |
2.8·103 |