Predictions of radionuclide dose rates from Sellafield discharges using a compartmental model

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 85-90

  McCubbin, D ^a   Leonard, K S ^a   Gurbutt, P A ^a   Round, G D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PREDICTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEA FOOD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031937644     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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