Forty years of atmospheric radiocarbon monitoring around Bohunice nuclear power plant, Slovakia

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Povinec, P P ^a   Chudy M ^a   Sivo A ^a   Simon J ^a   Holy K ^a   Richtarikova M ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Bohunice nuclear power plant; Bratislava air; Carbon dioxide; Global fallout; Radiocarbon; Suess effect

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BOHUNICE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; BRATISLAVA AIR; GLOBAL FALLOUT; RADIOCARBON; SUESS EFFECT;

ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FALLOUT; FOSSIL FUELS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OXIDES; POWER PLANTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SLOVAKIA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 58249093832     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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