Radionuclide concentrations in underground waters of Mururoa and Fangataufa Atolls

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 237-238, Issue , 1999, Pages 287-300

  Mulsow, Sandor ^a   Coquery, Marina ^a   Dovlete, Constantin ^a   Gastaud, Janine ^a   Ikeuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Pham, Mai Khanh ^a   Povinec, Pavel P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Fangataufa; Interstitial waters; Mururoa; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; ANTIMONY; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM; GROUND WATER; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM 90; TRITIUM;

ATOLL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENT;

ATOMIC BOMB; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NUCLEAR WARFARE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032837896     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00143-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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