Behaviour of Plutonium at the Surface and in a Geologic Environment

Radiochimica Acta

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Kudo, A ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior of plutonium; Global transport of plutonium, bacteria and plutonium; Nagasaki plutonium; Plutonium in ice core; Plutonium in the Arctic

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542739101     PISSN: 00338230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/ract.1998.82.special-issue.159     Document Type: Article

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