The first use of 236U in the general environment and near a shutdown nuclear power plant

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1775-1780

  Quinto, F ^a,b,c   Steier, P ^a   Wallner, G ^a   Wallner, A ^a   Srncik, M ^a   Bichler, M ^d   Kutschera, W ^a   Terrasi, F ^b,c   Petraglia, A ^b,c   Sabbarese, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Center for Isotope Research on Cultural and Environmental Heritage (CIRCE)   (Italy)

^d TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

236U; AMS; Uranium isotopic ratios

Indexed keywords

236U; ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AMS; CONTAMINATED SITES; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RIVER SEDIMENTS;

CESIUM; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM;

PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 236; URANIUM 238; URANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 68949219480     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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