A preliminary study on the use of 10Be in forensic radioecology of nuclear explosion sites

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 260-270

  Whitehead, N E ^a   Endo, S ^a   Tanaka, K ^a   Takatsuji, T ^b   Hoshi, M ^a   Fukutani, S ^c   Ditchburn, R G ^d   Zondervan, A ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Be 10; Cs 137; Environmental radioactivity; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Neutron; Nuclear explosion; Semipalatinsk; Soil

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

BOMB COMPONENTS; FORENSIC RADIOECOLOGY; PRODUCTION ROUTES;

NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

BERYLLIUM; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CESIUM 137; EXPLOSIVE; GRAPHITE;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROSS SECTION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS;

BERYLLIUM; ECOLOGY; EXPLOSIONS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WARFARE;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIROSHIMA [CHUGOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KAZAKHSTAN; KYUSHU; LAKE CHAGAN; NAGASAKI [KYUSHU]; WEST ASIA;

EID: 38949129010     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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