Atmospheric dispersion and deposition of 131I released from the Hanford Site

Health Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 568-577

  Ramsdell Jr , J V ^b   Simonen, C A ^b   Burk, K W ^b   Stage, S A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

131I; dose assessment; emissions, atmospheric; radioactivity, airborne

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER MODEL; DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029785469     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199610000-00014     Document Type: Article

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