Emissions from Sellafield and activities in soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 259-280

  Chamberlain, A C ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

plutonium emissions; plutonium in soil and housedust; radionuclide emissions; Sellafield reprocessing plant, Cumbria; UK; Windscale nuclear accident

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOUSE DUST; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION PATTERN; RADIOACTIVE EMISSION; RADIONUCLIDE; SELLAFIELD REPROCESSING PLANT; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL POLLUTION; WINDSCALE ACCIDENT;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA; UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, SELLAFIELD;

EID: 0029667889     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04852-9     Document Type: Article

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