Characterization and source term assessments of radioactive particles from Marshall Islands using non-destructive analytical techniques

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 971-979

  Jernstrom J ^a   Eriksson, M ^b   Simon, R ^c   Tamborini, G ^d   Bildstein, O ^d   Marquez, R Carlos ^d   Kehl, S R ^e   Hamilton, T F ^e   Ranebo, Y ^d   Betti, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b IAEA MEL   (Monaco)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marshall Islands; Radioactive environmental particle; SEM EDX WDX; SIMS; Source term; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ATOMIC RATIO; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; SOURCE TERM;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 33750358344     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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