Reconstruction of radioactive plume characteristics along Chernobyl's Western Trace

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-157

  Chesser, Ronald K ^a   Bondarkov, Mikhail ^b   Baker, Robert J ^a   Wickliffe, Jeffrey K ^a,c   Rodgers, Brenda E ^a,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Radioecology Laboratory   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Chernobyl; Dispersion; Fallout; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; THERMAL PLUMES;

PLUME DIMENSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; EUROPIUM; EUROPIUM 154; EUROPIUM 155; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DISPERSION; FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUME;

CHERNOBYL; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

EID: 0346218207     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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