Plutonium releases from the 1957 fire at Rocky Flats

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 510-521

  Mongan, T R ^a   Ripple, S R ^a   Brorby, G P ^b   DiTommaso, D G ^a  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents, nuclear; dose assessment; environmental transport; exposure, population

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FALLOUT; FILTRATION; FIRE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029780085     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199610000-00009     Document Type: Article

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