Cesium isotope ratios as indicators of nuclear power plant operations

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1008-1011

  Delmore, James E ^a   Snyder, Darin C ^a   Tranter, Troy ^a   Mann, Nick R ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radioactive cesium; Reactor operations; Sample

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL FALLOUT; ISOTOPE RATIO; LIFETIME RATIO; MULTIPLE-PATH; OPERATING LIFE; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PLANT BOUNDARIES; POWER REACTOR; QUALITATIVE INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOACTIVE CESIUM; SAMPLE;

EFFLUENTS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR OPERATION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; CESIUM 135; CESIUM 137; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; EFFLUENT; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION DOSE;

CESIUM ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 80051793478     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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