Activities of Pu and Am isotopes and isotopic ratios in a soil contaminated by weapons-grade plutonium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5512-5516

  Lee, M H ^a   Clark, S B ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CONTAMINATION; GRADING; GUNS (ARMAMENT); ISOTOPES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGY; SOILS;

ISOTROPIC RATIOS; MICHIGAN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH CENTER (BOMARC); NUCLEAR DEVICE; WEAPONS-GRADE;

PLUTONIUM;

AMERICIUM; AMERICIUM 241; ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; FIRE; GREENLAND; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AMERICIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEW JERSEY; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLUTONIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 23244453336     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0486115     Document Type: Article

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