Pilot measurements of 237Np in forest litter from Poland

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-387

  La Rosa, Jerome J ^a,b   Mietelski, Jerzy W ^c   Wyse, Eric ^a,d  

^a IAEA Marine Environment Laboratory (MEL)   (Monaco)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International   (United States)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Global fallout; Np; Pu; Radiochemistry

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIUM 237; PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONACO; PILOT STUDY; PLANT LITTER; POLAND;

EID: 77949263597     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-009-0374-2     Document Type: Article

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