Investigation of an alleged nuclear incident at Greenham Common Airbase using TI-mass spectrometric measurements of uranium isotopes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 4496-4503

  Croudace, Ian W ^a   Warwick, Phillip E ^a   Taylor, Rex N ^a   Gundy, Andrew B ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC COMPONENT; ATMOSPHERIC BOMB; NUCLEAR WEAPON;

COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

URANIUM 238;

NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034331189     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es000032m     Document Type: Article

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