Radionuclide transfer to fruit in the IAEA TRS 364 revision

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 752-756

  Carini, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; Deposition; Fruit; Radionuclide; Remobilisation; Root uptake; Translocation; TRS 364 Revision

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACCIDENTS; DEPOSITION; FRUITS;

BIOSPHERE MODELLING; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; REMOBILISATION; ROOT UPTAKE; TRANSLOCATION; TRS 364;

RADIOISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM; CARBON 14; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; SULFUR 35; TRITIUM;

ABSORPTION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DEPOSITION; FRUIT; MODELING; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; REMOBILIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FRUIT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FRUIT; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 70349299076     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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