Detection of 236U and variation of uranium isotope composition in the soil samples affected by the JCO criticality accident

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 196-200

  Sahoo, Sarata Kumar ^a   Kimura, Shinzo ^a   Watanabe, Yoshito ^a   Shiraishi, Kunio ^a   Masuda, Akimasa ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

234U 238U; 235U 238U; 236U 238U; JCO criticality accident; Soil; TIMS; Uranium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036764661     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 03862208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.78.196     Document Type: Article

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