The role of thermal and photochemical reactions upon the remobilisation of Pu from an Irish Sea sediment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 253-273

  McCubbin, David ^a   Leonard, Kinson S ^a   Emerson, Heather S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photochemistry; Plutonium; Remobilisation; Seawater; Sorption; Temperature

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; SEA WATER;

MARINE SEDIMENT; PLUTONIUM; REMOBILIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION MONITORING; SEA; SEDIMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0033180903     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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