Radioactive contamination in the environment of the nuclear enterprise 'Mayak' PA. Results from the joint Russian-Norwegian field work in 1994

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 237-248

  Christensen, G C ^a   Romanov, G N ^b   Strand, P ^c   Salbu, B ^d   Malyshev, S V ^e   Bergan, T D ^a   Oughton, D ^d   Drozhko, E G ^e   Glagolenko, Y V ^e   Amundsen, I ^c   Rudjord, A L ^c   Bjerk, T O ^a   Lind, B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Head Scientific Data Center   (Russian Federation)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

'Mayak' PA; Cesium 137; Cobalt 60; Kyshtym accident; Radioactive contamination; Radioactive waste; Strontium 90

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FLOODPLAIN; NUCLEAR REPROCESSING; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; RESERVOIR; WASTE ASSESSMENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ARCTIC REGIONS; FRESH WATER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NORWAY; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; RUSSIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, URAL, CHELYABINSK;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0030746757     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00119-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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