Distribution of nuclear bomb Pu in Nishiyama area, Nagasaki, estimated by accurate and precise determination of 240Pu/239Pu ratio in soils

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Yoshida, S ^a   Muramatsu, Y ^b   Yamazaki, S ^c   Ban nai, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GAKUSHUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Engineering and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Isotope ratio; Nagasaki; Plutonium; Soil

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE RATIO; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; SOILS;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; JAPAN; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KYUSHU; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU];

EID: 34447579040     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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