Evaluation of dose equivalent rate reduction as a function of vertical migration of 137Cs in contaminated soils

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-263

  Arapis, G ^a   Chesnokov, A ^b   Ivanova, T ^c   Potapov, V ^b   Sokolik, G ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Contaminated soil; Dose equivalent rate; Migration

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033231628     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(98)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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