Plutonium in the deep layers of the Norwegian and Greenland Seas

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 237-245

  Herrmann, J ^a   Nies, H ^a   Goroncy, I ^a  

^a FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GREENLAND; NORWAY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA;

EID: 0031937455     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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