Analysis of 129I in lichens by accelerator mass spectrometry through a microwave-based sample preparation method

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1171-1174

  Gomez Guzman J M ^a   Lopez Gutierrez J M ^a,b   Pinto, A R ^a   Holm, E ^c   Garcia Leon M ^a,d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACELERADORES   (Spain)

^b Escuela Universitaria Politecnica   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Molec Nucl   (Spain)

Author keywords

AMS; Chernobyl; Fall out; Iodine 129; Lichen; Reprocessing plants

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLADONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; IODINE-129; MICROWAVE DIGESTION; NUCLEAR EMISSIONS; RELATIVE IMPACT; REPROCESSING PLANT; SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING;

EID: 77950233431     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.126     Document Type: Article

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