Determination of 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in coastal surface seawaters from the western North Pacific Ocean and Japan Sea

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-107

  Yamada, Masatoshi ^a   Zheng, Jian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

240Pu 239Pu atom ratio; Close in fallout; ID SF ICP MS; Japan Sea; Nuclear fuel reprocessing facility; Western North Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; FALLOUT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ISOTOPES; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; PLUTONIUM; SURFACE WATERS;

CLOSE-IN FALLOUT; JAPAN SEA; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING FACILITY; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN;

SEAWATER;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; SEA WATER; PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEA; ATOMIC BOMB; CHEMISTRY; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

JAPAN; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 36048933599     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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