Effects of ameliorative measures on the radiocaesium transfer to upland vegetation in the UK

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-69

  Jones, D R ^a   Paul, L ^b   Mitchell, N G ^c  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c Mouchel Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium ferric hexacyanoferrate; Bentonite; Caesium; Clinoptilolite; Counter measures; Potassium; Radioecology; Soil to plant transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033136229     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00065-4     Document Type: Article

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