Estimation of radioactivity levels associated with a 90Sr dirty bomb event

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 2005, Pages 4471-4477

  Reshetin, Vladimir P ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR POWER AND NUCLEAR RESEARCH SOSNY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Contamination; Dispersion; Strontuim 90

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DISPERSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOLOGY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL DISPERSION; GAUSSIAN MODEL; INHALATION DOSES; RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

STRONTIUM 90;

DISPERSION; EXPLOSION; RADIONUCLIDE; STRONTIUM; TERRORISM;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BETA RADIATION; COMPUTER MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 23044490363     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.03.047     Document Type: Article

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