Concentrations and their ratio of 222Rn decay products in rainwater measured by gamma-ray spectrometry using a low-background Ge detector

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-89

  Takeyasu, Masanori ^a   Iida, Takao ^b   Tsujimoto, Tadashi ^c   Yamasaki, Keizo ^d   Ogawa, Yoshihiro ^e  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Electron Science Institute   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

222Rn decay products; Dose rate; Environmental gamma ray; Rainfall rate; Rainout model; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; DOSIMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RAIN;

DOSE RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL GAMMA RAYS; RAINFALL RATE; RAINOUT MODEL; RAINWATER;

RADON;

BISMUTH 214; GERMANIUM; LEAD 214; RADON 222 DAUGHTER; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADON; RAINWATER;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANIUM; JAPAN; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADON DAUGHTERS; RAIN; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 33645318147     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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