Isotopic signature of plutonium at Bikini atoll

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 979-983

  Lachner, Johannes ^a   Christl, Marcus ^a   Bisinger, Tanja ^b   Michel, Rolf ^b   Synal, Hans Arno ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Bikini atoll; Local fallout; Plutonium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATOM RATIO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LOW ENERGIES; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES;

FALLOUT; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATOR ACCESSORIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SEDIMENTS;

PLUTONIUM;

ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 244; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TREND STUDY;

EID: 77649273001     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.043     Document Type: Article

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