Estimation of total amounts of anthropogenic radionuclides in the japan sea

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 912-922

  Ito, Toshimichi ^a   Otosaka, Shigeyoshi ^a   Kawamura, Hideyuki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic radionuclide; Cesium 137; Inventory; Japan Sea; Plutonium 239+240; Seabed sediment; Seawater; Strontium 90; Total amount

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC; INVENTORY; SEABED SEDIMENT; TOTAL AMOUNT;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 34547298697     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2007.9711329     Document Type: Article

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