Determination of 241Pu in the environmental samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-270

  Varga, Beáta ^a   Tarján, Sándor ^a  

^a Hungarian Agricultural Authority   (Hungary)

Author keywords

241Pu; Monitoring of plutonium; Moss; Soil

Indexed keywords

MONITORING OF PLUTONIUM; MOSS; PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUNGARY; ISOTOPES; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS;

PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 241; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOASSAY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

HUNGARY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 37149027348     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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