Isotopic Pu, U, and Np signatures in soils from Semipalatinsk-21, Kazakh Republic and the Southern Urals, Russia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-230

  Beasley, T M ^a   Kelley, J M ^b   Orlandini, K A ^c   Bond, L A ^b   Aarkrog, A ^d   Trapeznikov, A P ^e   Pozolotina, V N ^e  

^a Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; URANIUM;

ISOTOPIC SIGNATURE; NEPTUNIUM; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; SOIL POLLUTION; USSR;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

EID: 0031946374     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(97)00050-7     Document Type: Article

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