The availability of plutonium and americium in Irish Sea sediments for re-dissolution

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 267, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 109-123

  McDonald, P ^a   i Batlle, J Vives ^a   Bousher, A ^a   Whittall, A ^a   Chambers, N ^a  

^a Westlakes Science Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinide; Americium; Irish Sea; Plutonium; Re dissolution; Sellafield; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM;

AMERICIUM; DISSOLUTION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRELAND; LIGHT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

ACTINOID SERIES ELEMENTS; AMERICIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRELAND; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

IRISH SEA;

EID: 0035925116     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00771-3     Document Type: Article

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