Radioactivity in Trinitite six decades later

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-120

  Parekh, Pravin P ^a   Semkow, Thomas M ^a,b   Torres, Miguel A ^a   Haines, Douglas K ^a   Cooper, Joseph M ^b   Rosenberg, Peter M ^a   Kitto, Michael E ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fission products; Manmade radioactivity; Plutonium isotopes; Trinitite; Trinity test

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; RADIOISOTOPES;

MANMADE RADIOACTIVITY; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; TRINITITE; TRINITY TEST;

RADIOACTIVITY;

BARIUM 133; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM 152; GLASS; NUCLEAR FUEL; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; THORIUM 232; TRINITITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

NEW MEXICO; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644568879     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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