Underground nuclear explosions and release of radioactive noble gases

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 167, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 455-461

  Dubasov, Yuri V ^a  

^a KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Noble gas radionuclides release; Novaya Zemlya Test Site; Semipalatinsk Test Site; Underground nuclear explosion

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; KAZAKHSTAN; NOVAYA ZEMLYA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEMIPALATINSK;

EID: 77951209107     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-009-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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