Dr David Assinder
Lecturer in Ocean Sciences
Affiliations
Contact info
Room: 401 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 382854
E-mail: d.assinder@bangor.ac.uk
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I graduated in Environmental Sciences from Lancaster University in 1979 and undertook my PhD on radionuclide behaviour in the estuarine environment at Lancaster between 1979 and 1982. I became a Visiting Fellow at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, Canada during 1983 investigating nuclear discharges to Canadian and Arctic waters. In 1984 and 1985 I worked in the Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher examining organic compounds and their availability from coal.
In 1985 I moved to the School of Ocean Sciences as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer until 2007, then School Administrator/Deputy College Manager until 2018 and finally back into teaching in 2018.
I am interested in all aspects of marine biogeochemistry but have specialised in marine and estuarine pollution particularly in relation to radionuclides, but also metals and plastics. Particular areas of interest include the occurrence, transport and fate of natural and artificial radionuclides in terrestrial and marine ecosystems including assessing the radiation dose to humans using coastal areas. This has encompassed work in relation to Sellafield and Springfields discharges to the Irish Sea and the fate of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in the environment.
I have been employed by the QAA to undertake reviews of teaching quality in the UK and I am a STEM Ambassador with a particular interest in addressing issues related to harassment of staff and students in UK Universities.
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Micro- and meso-scale variability in sediment activity concentrations: the implications for dose assessment
Assinder, D. J., Mudge, S. M. & Russell, A. T., 1 May 2005, In: Radioprotection. 40, Supplement 1, p. S569-573Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Assinder, D., 18 Jun 2019, Open University Press.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Field and laboratory measurements of the rapid remobilization of plutonium from estuarine sediments
Assinder, D., Hamilton-Taylor, J., Kelly, M., Mudge, S. & Bradshaw, K., Feb 1990, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 138, 2, p. 417-424Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ymbelydredd ym Môr Iwerddon
Assinder, D., 1987, In: Y Gwyddonydd. 25, 2, p. 53-58 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Potential problems with the long-term monitoring of radionuclides in the environment
Assinder, D., 2002, In: The Nuclear Engineer. 43, 3, p. 76-79 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage
Assinder, D., 20 Mar 2019, Open University Press.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Navigating at sea, rough seas and speed
Assinder, D., 30 May 2018, Open University Press.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Radioisotopes of thirteen elements in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Irish Sea
Assinder, D. J., Yamamoto, M., Kim, C. K., Seki, R., Takaku, Y., Yamauchi, Y., Igarashi, S., Komura, K. & Ueno, K., May 1993, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 170, 2, p. 333-346Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Radiological assessment of the Ribble Estuary: 1. Distribution of radionuclides in surface sediments
Assinder, DJ., Mudge, SM. & Bourne, GS., 1997, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 36, 1, p. 1-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A review of the occurrence and behaviour of neptunium in the Irish Sea
Assinder, DJ., 1999, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 44, 2-3, p. 335-347Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pilot study of radon levels in private water supplies.
Assinder, D. J. & Russell, A., 1 Jan 2003, 2003 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Radionuclides in the Environment: Tracers and Dating
Assinder, D., 14 Jul 2008, Methods in Environmental Forensics. Mudge, S. (ed.). Florida: CRC Press, p. 15-42Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The distribution and behaviour of artificial radionuclides in sediments of the north Wales coast, U.K.
Assinder, D., Robinson, CD., Halsall, J. & Telford, A., Aug 1994, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 182, 2, p. 225-235Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The power of the wind at sea and man’s use of this power over time
Assinder, D., 30 May 2018, Open University Press.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Behaviour of plutonium in the inter tidal sediments of the eastern Irish Sea
Assinder, D., 1983, Ecological aspects of radionuclide release. Coughtrey, PJ., Bell, JNB. & Roberts, TM. (eds.). 3 ed. British Ecological Society, Vol. Special Publication . 8 p. (Special Publication of the British Ecological Society).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Assessment of radiation exposure from discharges of uranium ore concentrate processing and nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities
Assinder, D., Mudge, S. & Bourne, GS., 1994, Radiation and society: comprehending radiation risk: proceedings of an International Conference on Radiation and Society: Comprehending Radiation Risk. p. 184 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Neptunium in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Irish Sea
Assinder, D. J., Yamamoto, M., Kim, C. K., Seki, R., Takaku, Y., Yamauchi, Y., Koruma, K., Ueno, K. & Bourne, G. S., 1991, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 14, 2, p. 135-145Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tidal variations in dissolved and particulate phase radionuclide activities in the Esk estuary, England, and their distribution coefficients and particulate activity fractions
Assinder, D. J., Kelly, M. & Aston, S. R., 1985, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 2, 1, p. 1-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conservative and non‐conservative behaviour of radionuclides in an estuarine environment, with particular respect to the behaviour of plutonium isotopes
Assinder, D. J., Kelly, M. & Aston, S. R., 1984, In: Environmental Technology Letters. 5, 1, p. 23-30Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neptunium in the environment: Recent work on the 'neglected actinide'
Assinder, D., 1996, In: The Nuclear Engineer. 37, 3, p. 84-86 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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Plutonium in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Northern Irish Sea
Aston, S. R., Assinder, D. J. & Kelly, M., 1985, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 20, 6, p. 761-771Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plutonium occurrence and phase distribution in sediments of the Wyre estuary, northwest England
Aston, S. R., Assinder, D. J., Stanners, D. A. & RAE, JE., 1981, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 12, 9, p. 308-314Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis as a bioindicator of radioactivity in the Irish Sea
Bourne, GS. & Assinder, D., 1991, In: Oceanologica Acta. Special Issue, 11, p. 313-320 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distribution and behaviour of 99Tc,237Np,239,240Pu, and 241Am in the coastal and estuarine sediments of the Irish Sea
Kim, C. K., Morita, S., Seki, R., Takaku, Y., Ikeda, N. & Assinder, D. J., Jan 1992, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 156, 1, p. 201-213Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sediment profile of Np-237 in the Irish Sea: Estimation of the total amount of Np-237 discharged from Sellafield
Kuwabara, J., Yamamoto, M., Assinder, DJ., Komura, K. & Ueno, K., 1996, In: RADIOCHIMICA ACTA. 73, 2, p. 73-81Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review