Development and performance of the vehicle-mounted radiation monitoring equipment used in the Maralinga rehabilitation project

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 207-223

  Long, S ^a   Martin, L ^a   Baylis, S ^a   Fry, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Americium; Dispersed contamination; Maralinga; Nuclear test site; Particle detection; Plutonium; Radioactive contamination; Radioactive particle; Rehabilitation; Vehicle mounted

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CONTRACTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; SOILS; VEHICLES;

NUCLEAR TEST SITE; VEHICLE-MOUNTED RADIATION MONITORING;

RADIOACTIVITY;

AMERICIUM 241; PLUTONIUM; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226;

AMERICIUM; CONTAMINATED LAND; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONICS; ENGINEERING; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE RADIATION; PERFORMANCE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING;

AMERICIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOTOR VEHICLES; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MARALINGA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3042818894     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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