Inventories of 239+240Pu, 137Cs, and excess 210Pb in sediments from freshwater and brackish lakes in Rokkasho, Japan, adjacent to a spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Ueda, Shinji ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshihito ^a   Kondo, Kunio ^a   Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Excess 210Pb; Inventory 239+240Pu; Japan; Lake sediment; Rokkasho

Indexed keywords

137CS; EXCESS 210PB; INVENTORY 239+240PU; JAPAN; LAKE SEDIMENT; ROKKASHO;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; CORE SAMPLES; LAKES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; ORE ANALYSIS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

AMMONIA; CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; CARBON; CESIUM; FRESH WATER; LEAD; NITROGEN; PLUTONIUM;

ABSORPTION; ALTERNATIVE FUEL; BRACKISH WATER; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; JAPAN; LAKE SEDIMENT; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SOIL; SUMMER; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AOMORI; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; ROKKASHO; TOHOKU;

CARBON; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 68749114986     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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