Current Levels of Pu Isotopes and 137Cs at the Former Soviet Union's Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Yamamoto, M ^a   Tsumura, A ^b   Tsukatani, T ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; 239Pu atomic ratio; 240Pu; Nuclear test site; Pu isotope; Semipalatinsk; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003111301     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1998.81.1.21     Document Type: Article

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