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ES RDE 054 - Microplastics as radionuclide transport vectors in the UK aqueous

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RegionLondon
CategoryResearch & Development

Environment Agency self-service direct award.

The primary aim of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of microplastics as transport vectors for radionuclides in UK aqueous environments.

This work will focus on a reasonable worst-case scenario in terms of maximum radionuclide accumulation onto microplastics in UK natural waters.

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