An airborne gamma-ray spectrometry survey of nuclear sites in Belgium

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 213-224

  Sanderson, D C W ^a   Cresswell, A J ^a   Hardeman, F ^b   Debauche, A ^c  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c National Institute for Radioelements   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airborne gamma spectrometry; Mapping; Nuclear sites

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR SPECTROMETERS; SURVEY ZONES;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

NUCLEAR FUEL;

AIRBORNE SENSING; BACKGROUND LEVEL; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MAPPING METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETRY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLOUT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELICOPTER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; VIDEORECORDER;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346103827     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00204-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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