Resuspension and redistribution of radionuclides during grassland and forest fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: Part I. Fire experiments

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-163

  Yoschenko, V I ^a   Kashparov, V A ^a   Protsak, V P ^a   Lundin, S M ^a   Levchuk, S E ^a   Kadygrib, A M ^a   Zvarich, S I ^a   Khomutinin, Yu V ^a   Maloshtan, I M ^a   Lanshin, V P ^a   Kovtun, M V ^a   Tschiersch, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Dose assessment; Inhalation; Radioactive aerosol; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CESIUM; COMBUSTION; CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; FIRES; PLUTONIUM; STRONTIUM;

BIOMASS BURNING; DOSE ASSESSMENT; GRASSLAND;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

BIOMASS BURNING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FOREST FIRE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RESUSPENSION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMBUSTION; EXPOSURE; FALLOUT; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; INHALATION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; FIRES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; TREES; UKRAINE;

EID: 29244487855     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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