Plutonium characteristics in sediments of Hiroshima Bay in the Seto Inland Sea in Japan

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Liu, Zhiyong ^a,b   Zheng, Jian ^b   Yamada, Masatoshi ^b,d   Pan, Shaoming ^a   Kawahata, Hodaka ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

239+240Pu activity; 240Pu 239Pu atom ratio; Close in fallout; Hiroshima Bay; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCEAN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEA; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 79955680859     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-011-1025-y     Document Type: Article

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