Temporal trends of 137Cs in an abandoned reactor cooling reservoir

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-268

  Mohler, H J ^a   Ward Whicker, F ^a   Hinton, T G ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COOLING WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; TURNOVER TIME; UNITED STATES;

ESTIMATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ABANDONED REACTOR COOLING RESERVOIRS; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION RATIO;

CESIUM;

EID: 0030609278     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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