Philippe Jean-Baptiste, Elise Fourré
LSCE, CEA-Saclay, Centre de Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France. Philippe.Jean-Baptiste@cea.fr
Journal of environmental radioactivity 2013 FebFollowing recent suggestions regarding the strong affinity of tritiated water for organic matter in suspended particulates and sediments, two equilibration experiments between sediment organic matter (dry and fresh) and tritiated water were performed to look for potential tritium bio-concentration. The T/H ratios measured at the end of both experiments are lower in the sediment organic matter than in the water, indicating that only a fraction of the hydrogen pool (between 14% and 20%) within the sediment equilibrated with the tritiated water. These results are consistent with the widely used concept of exchangeable and non-exchangeable tritium pools in organic matter and show no sign of tritium bio-accumulation in the sediment relative to water. Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Philippe Jean-Baptiste, Elise Fourré. The distribution of tritium between water and suspended matter in a laboratory experiment exposing sediment to tritiated water. Journal of environmental radioactivity. 2013 Feb;116:193-6
PMID: 23202579
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