Depositional records of plutonium and 137Cs released from Nagasaki atomic bomb in sediment of Nishiyama reservoir at Nagasaki

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 211-217

  Saito Kokubu, Y ^a   Yasuda, K ^a   Magara, M ^a   Miyamoto, Y ^a   Sakurai, S ^a   Usuda, S ^a   Yamazaki, H ^b   Yoshikawa, S ^c   Nagaoka, S ^d   Mitamura, M ^c   Inoue, J ^c   Murakami, A ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Atmospheric nuclear tests; Isotopic ratio; Nagasaki atomic bomb; Plutonium; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); CHARCOAL; DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TESTS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB;

PLUTONIUM;

CESIUM 137; CHARCOAL; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); JAPAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; PLUTONIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

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

EID: 38849163586     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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