The skim and burial plough: A new implement for reclamation of radioactively contaminated land

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-128

  Roed, J ^a   Andersson, K G ^a   Prip, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; EQUIPMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHERNOBLY NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLOUGH; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SURFACE;

EID: 0029663276     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0265-931X(95)00093-P     Document Type: Article

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