Excess plutonium in soil near the Nevada Test Site, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-203

  Turner, Mary ^a   Rudin, Mark ^a   Cizdziel, James ^a   Hodge, Vernon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

NTS; Plutonium; Radiocesium; Safety tests; Soil

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; PLUTONIUM; SAFETY TESTING;

ACTIVITY RATIOS; NUCLEAR DEVICES;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED STATES; ATOMIC WARFARE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CESIUM; NEVADA; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0141958523     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(03)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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