Plutonium isotopes in surface air of Prague in 1986-2006

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1653-1655

  Holgye Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

238Pu; 239,240Pu; Air pollution

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR FUELS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS;

238PU; AIR POLLUTION; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SURFACE AIR;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RESUSPENSION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; FALLOUT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PLUTONIUM; SEASONS;

EID: 50049096698     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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