Measurement of plutonium isotopes, 239Pu and 240Pu, in air-filter samples from Seville (2001-2002)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1851-1858

  Chamizo, E ^a   Garcia Leon M ^b   Enamorado, S M ^a   Jimenez Ramos M C ^a   Wacker, L ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACELERADORES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Aerosols; AMS; Plutonium; Pu 239; Pu 240; Saharan dust; Seville; Soil resuspension; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACTIVITY LEVELS; AFRICAN DUST; ATOMIC RATIO; BASELINE CONCENTRATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FILTER SAMPLE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOW ENERGIES; MINERAL DUST; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RAINY SEASONS; REPUBLIC OF CHINA; RESUSPENSION PROCESS; SAHARAN DUST; SEVILLE; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL RESUSPENSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OZONE; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SOILS;

PLUTONIUM;

ALUMINUM; OZONE; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RAIN; TITANIUM;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLUTONIUM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOMS; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERAL DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SUMMER;

ANDALUCIA; SEVILLA; SEVILLE; SPAIN;

EID: 77951092500     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.02.030     Document Type: Article

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