Measurement of iodine-129 in seawater samples collected from the Japan Sea area using accelerator mass spectrometry: Contribution of nuclear fuel reprocessing plants

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 268-275

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Kabuto, Shoji ^a   Amano, Hikaru ^a   Togawa, Orihiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic radionuclide; Iodine; Iodine 129; Migration behavior; Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant; The Japan Sea

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FALLOUT; IODIDE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SEAWATER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GULF OF MEXICO; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TOYAMA [CHUBU]; TOYAMA BAY;

EID: 41049089420     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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