Atmospheric emissions from the Windscale accident of October 1957

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3904-3920

  Garland, J A ^a   Wakeford, R ^b  

^a The University of Manchester ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharges; Dispersion; Radioactivity; Radionuclides; Sellafield

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

NUCLEAR REACTOR FIRE; SELLAFIELD;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DISPERSION; EMISSION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTOR;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247117197     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.12.049     Document Type: Article

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