Width and center-axis location of the radioactive plume that passed over dolon and nearby villages on the occasion of the first USSR A-bomb test in 1949

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-399

  Imanaka, Tetsuji ^a   Fukutani, Satoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^b   Sakaguchi, Aya ^b   Hoshi, Masaharu ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic bomb test; Dolon; Fallour contamination; Radioactive plume; Semipalatinsk

Indexed keywords

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS;

ATOMIC BOMB TEST; ATOMIC BOMBS; DOLON; FALLOUR CONTAMINATION; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; RADIOACTIVE PLUME; SEMIPALATINSK; SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITES; SOIL CONTAMINATION; ZERO-POINT;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 33144473200     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.46.395     Document Type: Article

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