Conclusions on plutonium separation from atmospheric krypton-85 measured at various distances from the Karlsruhe reprocessing plant

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-222

  Kalinowski, Martin B ^a   Sartorius, Hartmut ^b   Uhl, Stefan ^a   Weiss, Wolfgang ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Krypton 85; Nuclear safeguards; Plutonium; Spent nuclear fuel reprocessing; Wide area environmental monitoring

Indexed keywords

KRYPTON; METEOROLOGY; PLATINUM; SEPARATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; WEAPON GRADE PLUTONIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

KRYPTON 85; PLUTONIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KRYPTON; PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; KRYPTON RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 1542408851     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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