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Iodine transfers in the coastal marine environment: the key role of brown algae and of their vanadium-dependent haloperoxidases.

Leblanc C, Colin C, Cosse A, Delage L, La Barre S, Morin P, Fievet B, Voiseux C, Ambroise Y, Verhaeghe E, Amouroux D, Donard O, Tessier E, Potin P.

Biochimie. 2006 Sep 18; [Epub ahead of print]

"From the viewpoint of global iodine circulation, the introduction of radioisotopes by human activities is likely to have an impact on the environment [58]. Iodine has 33 radioactive isotopes. The main iodine radioisotopes generated by human activities related to nuclear energy are 131I (half-life of 8.04 days) and 129I (half-life of 15.7 × 106 years). 131I is a fission by-product of uranium 235 generated in power plants to produce electricity. Because of its rapid decay, it is also used for medical purposes (diagnosis and radiotherapy). 129I is also produced in power plants, its very long half-life making it the major remaining iodine radioisotope of the nuclear fuel cycle [59,60]. Other sources of radioactive iodine include medical uses of 131I and natural production of 129I, fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapon testing and major nuclear power plant accidents (Chernobyl in spring 1986)."

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