Proposal for new best estimates of the soil-to-plant transfer factor of U, Th, Ra, Pb and Po

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 721-732

  Vandenhove, H ^a   Olyslaegers, G ^a   Sanzharova, N ^b   Shubina, O ^b   Reed, E ^c   Shang, Z ^d   Velasco, H ^e  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SENES Oak Ridge Incorporated   (United States)

^d Nuclear Safety Center   (China)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lead; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Polonium; Radium; Soil to plant transfer factors; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

CROPS; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORIUM; URANIUM; VEGETABLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL-TO-PLANT TRANSFER FACTORS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

SOILS;

LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; POLONIUM; RADIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RADIUM ISOTOPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CLAY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FRUIT; GRASS; HERB; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LOAM SOIL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; ROOT VEGETABLE; SAND; SOIL TO PLANT TRANSFER FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; PLANTS; POLONIUM; RADIUM; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 70349282114     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.10.014     Document Type: Article

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