Granulometric and chemical composition of the Sava River sediments upstream and downstream of the Krsko nuclear power plant |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Visnja?OrescaninEmail author Stipe?Lulic Gordana?Pavlovic Luka?Mikelic |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory for radioecology, Institute R. Boskovic , Bijenicka 54, POB 180, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia;(2) Faculty of Science, Institute for mineralogy and petrography, Horvatovac bb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia |
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Abstract: | Total concentrations of 13 elements (K, Ca, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, Pb) in the size-fractionated Sava River sediments upstream and downstream of the Krsko nuclear power plant together with metal speciation within bulk sediment have been investigated. Trace metals generally increase with decreasing particle size, however, because of entrapment of organic matter in the 0.63–1 mm fraction, concentrations in the coarser sediment fraction are higher than expected. Exchangeable Pb, Zn, Cu, Mn, Cr and Fe are generally found to represent a negligible fraction of the total metal concentration of the bulk sediment. Seasonal variations of the Pb, Zn and Cu concentrations in the <0.5 mm fraction reflect decreased values during the spring period. Heavy metal concentrations in the 2003 waste water discharges from the Krsko nuclear power plant released into the Sava River were much lower than their maximum allowed values. Combined rubidium and organic matter normalization of the Zn, Pb and Cu concentrations, which was applied on the minus 0.063 mm fraction, indicated three potential sources of contaminants. |
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Keywords: | River sediments Waste water Heavy metals EDXRF Organic matter Normalization Sequential extraction River Sava |
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