The impact of Pu speciation on distribution coefficients in Mayak soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 257, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 81-93

  Skipperud, L ^a   Oughton, D ^a   Salbu, B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distribution; Interaction; K(D); Plutonium; Speciation

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID; PLUTONIUM; RAIN;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; HALF LIFE TIME; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL;

ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0034632708     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00443-5     Document Type: Article

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