Radionuclide speciation in effluent from La Hague reprocessing plant in France

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-322

  Salbu, B ^a   Skipperud, L ^a   Germain, P ^b   Guegueniat P ^b   Strand, P ^c   Lind, O C ^a   Christensen, G ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contamination, environmental; Effluents; Environmental assessment; Nuclear power plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY 125; CESIUM; COBALT 60; MANGANESE 54; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RUTHENIUM 106; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM 90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; COASTAL WATERS; DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FRACTIONATION; FRANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; ION EXCHANGE; KINETICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTH SEA; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0043163728     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200309000-00007     Document Type: Article

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