Probability of Production of Mobile Plutonium in Environments of Soil and Sediment

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 399-404

  Mahara, Y ^a   Kudo, A ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Mobile; Organic; Plutonium; Sterilized

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007486605     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1998.82.special-issue.399     Document Type: Article

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