Radioisotope contaminations from releases of the Tomsk-Seversk nuclear facility (Siberia, Russia)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 680-693

  Gauthier Lafaye, F ^a   Pourcelot, L ^b   Eikenberg, J ^c   Beer, H ^c   Le Roux, G ^b   Rhikvanov, L P ^d   Stille, P ^a   Renaud, Ph ^b   Mezhibor, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ob Irtysh catchment; Plutonium isotopes; Radioisotope; Soil contamination; Tomsk Seversk

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; CONTAMINATION; SOILS;

AQUATIC RELEASES; SOIL CONTAMINATION;

RADIOISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; EUROPIUM 152; LEAD 210; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMISSION INVENTORY; FALLOUT; FOREST SOIL; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HALF LIFE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PEAT SOIL; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATOMIC BOMB; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AMERICIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GEOGRAPHY; KAZAKHSTAN; PLUTONIUM; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RUSSIA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EURASIA; IRTYSH RIVER; OB RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEVERSK; TOMSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION];

EID: 40749155306     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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