Natural and man-made radioactivity in soils and plants around the research reactor of inshass

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1709-1712

  Higgy, R H ^a   Pimpl, M ^b  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CESIUM; CURIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLUTONIUM; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RESEARCH REACTORS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

RADIOCHEMICAL SEPARATION; SURFACE BARRIER DETECTORS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; CURIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; POTASSIUM 40; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CURIUM; GERMANY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0032404523     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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