Corrigendum to “Plutonium and other radionuclides persist across marine-to-terrestrial ecotopes in the Montebello Islands sixty years after nuclear tests” [Sci. Total Environ. Volume 691, 15 November 2019, pages 572–583]

The authors regret that the Supplement of the above article contained two erroneous data. The Supplement has been corrected and updated as follows: sediment sample HMSP-Sed-1, 90Sr ≤20 Bq/kg (not 131 Bq/kg) and sediment sample HMSP-Sed-8, 90Sr ≤20 Bq/kg (not 135 Bq/kg). The 90Sr values in Fig. 3 should be interpreted as <20 Bq/kg MDAs. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. The erroneous data did not appear in the main text, but did influence some of the discussion of the paper which we correct here: In contrast, 90Sr was not detected in sediment samples. However, the minimum detection activity for 137Cs (∼1.0 Bq/kg) was much more sensitive than that of 90Sr (<20 Bq/kg). Replaces the text: In contrast, 90Sr that was in rough parity with 137Cs in island soil, did not experience the same increased solubility when moved to marine conditions (Takata et al., 2014). While the activity concentrations of all the radionuclides are less in the marine sediments than in the island soils, 137Cs decreases the most and 90Sr decreases the least. Crown Copyright © 2024 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

Plutonium, Radioisotopes, Spectroscopy, Nuclear test sites, Cesium 137, Particles, Radioecology, Western Australia, Islands

Citation

Johansen, M. P., Child, D. P., Cresswell, T., Harrison, J. J., Hotchkis, M. A. C., Howell, N. R., Johansen, A., Sdraulig, S., Thiruvoth, S., Young, E., & Whiting, S. D. (2024). Corrigendum to “Plutonium and other radionuclides persist across marine-to-terrestrial ecotopes in the Montebello Islands sixty years after nuclear tests” [Sci. Total Environ. Volume 691, 15 November 2019, pages 572–583]. Science of The Total Environment, 949, 175170. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175170