U, Pu, and Am nuclear signatures of the thule hydrogen bomb debris

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4717-4722

  Eriksson, Mats ^a,b   Lindahl, Patric ^c,d   Roos, Per ^b   Dahlgaard, Henning ^b   Holm, Elis ^c,e  

^a IAEA MEL   (Monaco)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACELERADORES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ACTINIDES; DEBRIS; HYDROGEN; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORDNANCE; PLUTONIUM; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; AMERICIUM; ATOMS; HYDROGEN BONDS; LEACHING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ACTINIDE ELEMENTS; ARCTIC MARINE; FISSILE MATERIALS; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM (HEU); NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PLUTONIUM;

AMERICIUM; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM; EXPLOSIVE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT;

AMERICIUM; DISASTERS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

ACTINIDE ELEMENTS; ACTIVITY RATIOS; ARCTIC MARINE; ATOM RATIO; ATOMIC RATIO; FISSILE MATERIALS; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; HOT PARTICLES; HYDROGEN BOMBS; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES;

EID: 46849121984     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800203f     Document Type: Article

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