The "aquascope" simplified model for predicting 89,90Sr, 131I, and 134,137Cs in surface waters after a large-scale radioactive fallout

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 628-644

  Smith, J T ^a   Belova, N V ^b   Bulgakov, A A ^c   Comans, R N J ^d   Konoplev, A V ^c   Kudelsky, A V ^e   Madruga, M J ^f   Voitsekhovitch, O V ^g   Zibold, G ^h  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION TYPHOON   (Russian Federation)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e Institute of Geological Sciences   (Belarus)

^f INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^g Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

^h UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES RAVENSBURG WEINGARTEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquatic organisms; Cesium; Strontium; Water, ground

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; INDIUM 131; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DYNAMICS; FINLAND; FISH; GERMANY; ITALY; LAKE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 27844556458     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000176797.66673.b7     Document Type: Article

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