Accumulation of Natural Uranium Isotopes in Malaysian Harbour Sediment

Harbours are usually located in estuaries and have large inputs from land through river flow and runoff which contains various pollutants such as trace elements, radionuclides, etc. Most of the pollutants (i.e., natural radionuclides) are accumulated into harbour sediments as a result of scavenging processes that occur in water column. The harbour also behaves like a reservoir which traps and buries all anthropogenic and natural pollutants. 

Furthermore, harbours which are usually located at the end of rivers might be influenced by eroded material transported from land into the harbour area. Naturally occurring radionuclides present in a harbour ecosystem might come from river effluents of which their distribution is related to their back rock sediments and terrestrial origin.  Read More>>>>