Potential radionuclide release rates from marine reactors dumped in the Kara Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 225-236

  Warden, J M ^a   Lynn, N M ^a   Mount, M ^b   Sivintsev, Y ^c   Timms, S J ^a   Yefimov, E ^d   Gussgard, K ^e   Dyer, R S ^f   Sjoeblom, K L ^g  

^a Royal Naval College   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^e NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^g INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Computer models; Kara Sea; Marine reactors; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FUEL; SEA WATER;

INVENTORY; MARINE REACTOR; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POTENTIAL RELEASE PATTERNS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARCTIC; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

KARA SEA;

EID: 0030849789     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00118-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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