129I in the environment of the La Hague nuclear fuel reprocessing plant - From sea to land

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 43-59

  Frechou C ^a   Calmet, D ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CEA DAM DIF   (France)

Author keywords

129I; Gamma spectrometry; La Hague NRP environment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIOISOTOPES; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

RADIOLOGICAL IMPACT;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

IODINE 129; NUCLEAR FUEL; RADIOISOTOPE;

IODINE; POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRASS; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INDUSTRY; LICHEN; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEAWEED; SOIL POLLUTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

FRANCE; LA HAGUE; NORMANDY;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0043125834     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00127-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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