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From a nuclear protection standpoint, problems of decontamination are of great interest. In Arenicola marina L. a comparative study has been made on the elimination of two radionuclides, the metabolic functions of which are very different: 137Cs and 60Co. After experimental contamination with 137Cs, significant decontamination is possible; however, elimination of 137Cs accumulated in muscles is very slow. The elimination of 60Co is very slow; its biological half-life in A. marina is about 3 months.
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Amiard-Triquet, C. Etude de la décontamination d'Arenicola marina (annélide, polychète) après contamination expérimentale par le caesium 137 ou le cobalt 60. Marine Biology 26, 161–165 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388885
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