Anthropogenic plutonium in soils of the Ural region

Russian Journal of Nondestructive Testing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-277

  Mikhailovskaya, L N ^a   Molchanova, I V ^a   Karavaeva, E N ^a   Pozolotina, V N ^a   Degtyareva, E V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOILS;

RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

EID: 0036416963     PISSN: 10618309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020913621780     Document Type: Article

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