Source-term characterisation and solid speciation of plutonium at the Semipalatinsk NTS, Kazakhstan

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 325-331

  Jimenez Napoles H ^a   Leon Vintro L ^a   Mitchell, P I ^a   Omarova, A ^a   Burkitbayev, M ^b   Priest, N D ^c   Artemyev, O ^d   Lukashenko, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b AL FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL NUCLEAR CENTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN   (Kazakhstan)

^e INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Radionuclide ratios; Refractory plutonium; Semipalatinsk NTS; Solid speciation; Source term characterisation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DATA REDUCTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLUTONIUM; SOILS; WATER;

ACTIVATION PRODUCTS; CRATERS; SOLID SPECIATION;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM 152; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISSION NEUTRON; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; KAZAKHSTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 2942574390     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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