Annual Report for 2010/11 and Forward Programme - Sellafield Ltd

SSEM/2011/4730 June 20113.3.4 Progress on the literature review of airborne transport of particles in theCumbrian beach environmentBefore going into administration, WSC provided a report to SL on a review they hadundertaken on aeolian sediment transport. The review relates to a recommendation madeby Cefas who concluded that aeolian processes could be responsible for particle transportalong the beaches at and around Sellafield. Although not directly relevant to modellingoffshore particle transport and dispersion, aeolian transport is a potentially importanttransport mechanism.The WSC report collates available information on the Cumbrian beach environment andconsiders the nature of the radioactive particles that have been recovered in the context ofpublished work on sediment transport in beach environments and aeolian transport theory.An extract from the conclusions of the report are provided below.© Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 2011. 71