Predicting the radiation exposure of terrestrial wildlife in the Chernobyl exclusion zone: An international comparison of approaches

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-373

  Beresford, N A ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   Brown, J E ^b   Cheng, J J ^c   Copplestone, D ^d   Gaschak, S ^e   Hosseini, A ^b   Howard, B J ^a   Kamboj, S ^c   Nedveckaite, T ^f   Olyslaegers, G ^g   Smith, J T ^h   Batlle, J Vives I ⁱ   Vives Lynch, S ⁱ   Yu, C ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e International Radioecology Laboratory   (Ukraine)

^f CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^g BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE RATE; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE; DATA SETS; EXTERNAL DOSE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT DATA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY ASSESSMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; WHOLE-BODY;

ANIMALS; CESIUM; FORECASTING; ISOTOPES; PLUTONIUM;

RADIOACTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS; UKRAINE;

ANIMALS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; UKRAINE;

EID: 77953596989     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/30/2/S07     Document Type: Article

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