Risk-cost analysis of strontium-90 migration to water wells at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-164

  Bugai, Dimitri ^a   Smith, Leslie ^b   Beckie, Roger ^b  

^a National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ground Water Contamination; Hydrogeology; Radionuclide Migration; Risk Analysis; Water Supply

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WELLS;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RISK ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM-90; WATER QUALITY;

UKRAINE, PRIPYAT TOWN;

EID: 0030431896     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.ii.2.151     Document Type: Article

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