Transport of plutonium (239/240Pu) and caesium (137Cs) in the Irish Sea: Comparison between observations and results from sediment and contaminant transport modelling

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 869-899

  Aldridge, J N ^a   Kershaw, P ^a   Brown, J ^a   McCubbin, D ^a   Leonard, K S ^a   Young, E F ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irish Sea; Models; Radionuclides; Sediment; Transport

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION; SEA WATER; SEDIMENT;

CESIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUTONIUM; POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ENGLAND (CUMBRIA); IRISH SEA; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037595422     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(03)00047-5     Document Type: Article

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