Determination of isotopic composition of plutonium in hot particles of the Chernobyl area

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 349-352

  Boulyga, S F ^a   Erdmann, N ^b   Funk, H ^b   Kievets, M K ^a   Lomonosova, E M ^a   Mansel, A ^b   Trautmann, N ^b   Yaroshevich, O I ^a   Zhuk, I V ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR POWER AND NUCLEAR RESEARCH SOSNY   (Belarus)

^b Institute of Nuclear Chemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol "hot" particles; Alpha spectrometry; Chernobyl fallout; Isotopic composition; Plutonium; Resonance ionization mass spectrometry; Solid state nuclear track detectors

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FALLOUT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLID STATE DEVICE STRUCTURES;

ALPHA SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLUTONIUM HOT PARTICLES; RESONANCE IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS (SSNTD);

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031386112     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00098-X     Document Type: Article

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