Interception, retention and translocation under greenhouse conditions of radiocaesium and radiostrontium from a simulated accidental source

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 278, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 199-214

  Vandecasteele, C M ^a   Baker, S ^b   Forstel H ^c   Muzinsky, M ^c   Millan, R ^d   Madoz Escande, C ^e   Tormos, J ^e   Sauras, T ^f   Schulte, E ^g   Colle, C ^e  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Harwell Lab   (United Kingdom)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cereals; Countermeasure; Deposition; Interception; Nuclear accident; Ploughing; Radiocaesium; Radiostrontium; Spring wheat; Translocation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONTAMINATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUCLEAR REACTORS; STRONTIUM; VAPORIZATION;

RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

AEROSOL; CESIUM; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; STRONTIUM;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIFE CYCLE; MATURATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIMULATION; VOLATILIZATION; WHEAT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRITICUM; WATER; WEATHER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035922913     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(01)00649-0     Document Type: Article

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