Concentration levels of technetium-99 in forest soils collected within the 30-km zone around the Chernobyl reactor

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-77

  Uchida, S ^a   Tagami, K ^a   Wirth, E ^b   Ruhm W ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Chernobyl accident; Forest soil; ICP MS; Technetium 99

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOREST SOIL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMBUSTION; EXTRACTION; FOREST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; VOLATILIZATION;

UKRAINE;

EID: 0033006917     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(98)00210-3     Document Type: Article

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