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Sven Poul Nielsen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly work focuses on topics including radioactive contamination and transfer, isotope analysis in ecology, nuclear physics and applications, methane hydrates and related phenomena, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, radioactivity and radon measurements, and broader nuclear and radioactivity studies.

The scientist has contributed to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Radiation, Environmental Chemistry, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. The main venues for their publications include Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, SSRN Electronic Journal, and the Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.

The following are selected recent papers by Sven Poul Nielsen:

  • High-Resolution Tritium Profile in an Ice Core from Camp Century, Greenland (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Half-century trends of radioactivity in fish from Danish areas of the North Sea, Kattegat, and Baltic Sea (2024, Environmental Pollution)
  • A new certified reference material IAEA-465 for radionuclides in Baltic Sea sediment (2024, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity)
  • Half-Century Trends of Radioactivity in Fish from Danish Areas of the North Sea, Kattegat, and Baltic Sea (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Characterisation of individual micron sized nuclear weapons fragments from the Thule area by rL-SNMS (2025, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

  • Jixin Qiao
  • Kasper Grann Andersson
  • William Colgan
  • Gunnar Jakobs
  • M.K. Pham

Best Publications

  • Tracking of Airborne Radionuclides from the Damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Reactors by European Networks

    O. Masson;A. Baeza;J. Bieringer;K. Brudecki

  • Hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea: An integrated thematic assessment of hazardous substances in the Baltic Sea

    Samuli Korpinen;Maria Laamanen;Jesper H. Andersen;Lillemor Asplund

  • Iodine-129 and caesium-137 in Chernobyl contaminated soil and their chemical fractionation.

    X.L Hou;C.L Fogh;J Kucera;K.G Andersson

  • Speciation of 129I and 127I in seawater and implications for sources and transport pathways in the North Sea.

    Xiaolin Hou;Ala Aldahan;Sven P Nielsen;Göran Possnert

  • Radioactive contamination of the Techa River, the Urals.

    A. V. Trapeznikov;V. N. Pozolotina;M. Ya. Chebotina;V. N. Chukanov

  • Radioactive inventories from the Kyshtym and Karachay accidents: estimates based on soil samples collected in the South Urals (1990–1995)

    A. Aarkrog;H. Dahlgaard;S.P. Nielsen;A.V. Trapeznikov

  • The radiological exposure of man from radioactivity in the Baltic Sea

    S.P Nielsen;P Bengtson;R Bojanowsky;P Hagel

  • Time series of 129I and 127I speciation in precipitation from Denmark.

    Xiaolin Hou;Ala Aldahan;Sven P. Nielsen;Göran Possnert

  • Chemical speciation analysis of 129I in seawater and a preliminary investigation to use it as a tracer for geochemical cycle study of stable iodine

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  • Iodine-129 Time Series in Danish, Norwegian and Northwest Greenland Coast and the Baltic Sea by Seaweed

    X.L. Hou;H. Dahlgaard;S.P. Nielsen

  • Chernobyl fallout in a Swedish spruce forest ecosystem

    E.J. McGee;H.J. Synnott;K.J. Johanson;B.H. Fawaris

  • Determination of plutonium in environmental samples by controlled valence in aniion exchange

    Qingjian Chen;A. Aarkrog;S. P. Nielsen;H. Dahlgaard

  • Level and origin of iodine-129 in the Baltic Sea.

    Xiaolin Hou;H. Dahlgaard;S.P. Nielsen;J. Kucera

  • Mercury in dated Greenland marine sediments

    Gert Asmund;Sven P. Nielsen

  • Origin of technetium-99 and its use as a marine tracer

    A. Aarkrog;L. Carlsson;Q. J. Chen;H. Dahlgaard

  • Root uptake of lead by Norway spruce grown on 210Pb spiked soils.

    M.F. Hovmand;Sven Poul Nielsen;I. Johnsen

  • Airborne concentrations and chemical considerations of radioactive ruthenium from an undeclared major nuclear release in 2017

    O. Masson;G. Steinhauser;D. Zok;O. Saunier

  • Certified reference material for radionuclides in fish flesh sample IAEA-414 (mixed fish from the Irish Sea and North Sea).

    M. K. Pham;J. A. Sanchez-Cabeza;P. P. Povinec;D. Arnold

  • 242Pu as tracer for simultaneous determination of 237Np and 239,240Pu in environmental samples

    Qingjiang Chen;H. Dahlgaard;S. P. Nielsen;A. Aarkrog

  • Iodine-129 in human thyroids and seaweed in China.

    Xiaolin Hou;H. Dahlgaard;S.P. Nielsen;Wenjun Ding

  • Deposition of 210Pb, 137Cs, 239+240Pu, 238Pu, and 241Am in the Antarctic Peninsula area

    P. Roos;E. Holm;R.B.R. Persson;A. Aarkrog

  • Evidence of 99Tc in Ural river sediments

    A. Aarkrog;Q.J. Chen;H. Dahlgaard;S.P. Nielsen

  • Estimation of health hazards resulting from a radiological terrorist attack in a city

    K. G. Andersson;T. Mikkelsen;P. Astrup;S. Thykier-Nielsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongqi Gao
Yongqi Gao Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Pavel P. Povinec
Pavel P. Povinec Comenius University
Fernando P. Carvalho
Fernando P. Carvalho Instituto Superior Técnico
Ola M. Johannessen
Ola M. Johannessen Nansen Scientific Society
Peter Steier
Peter Steier University of Vienna
Brenda J. Howard
Brenda J. Howard University of Nottingham
Weijian Zhou
Weijian Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ala Aldahan
Ala Aldahan United Arab Emirates University
Gert Asmund
Gert Asmund Aarhus University
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza
Joan-Albert Sanchez-Cabeza National Autonomous University of Mexico

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