On the presence of enriched amounts of 235U in hot particles from the terrestrial area affected by the Palomares accident (Spain)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Jimenez Ramos M C ^a   Barros, H ^a   Garcia Tenorio R ^a   Garcia Leon M ^a   Vioque, I ^a   Manjon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enriched uranium; Hot particle; Palomares accident; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CONTAMINATION; PLUTONIUM; SOILS; URANIUM;

ENRICHED URANIUM; HOT PARTICLES; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PALOMARES ACCIDENT;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

URANIUM 235;

ENRICHMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPAIN; URANIUM;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PALOMARES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33751414541     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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