International study on the validation of models for the environmental transfer of tritium and carbon-14

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1726-1729

  Yankovich, T L ^a   Koarashi, J ^b   Kim, S B ^a   Davis, P A ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon 14; Dynamic; Equilibrium; Freshwater mussels; Model; Rice; Tritium

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FORECASTING; RADIOISOTOPES;

CARBON-14; DYNAMIC; EQUILIBRIUM; FRESHWATER MUSSELS; MODEL; RICE;

TRITIUM;

CARBON 14; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FRESHWATER SPECIES; MODEL; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; RICE; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRITIUM;

EID: 50949096344     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.12.021     Document Type: Article

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