Evidence of neutron leakage at the Fukushima nuclear plant from measurements of radioactive 35S in California

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 14422-14425

  Priyadarshi, Antra ^a   Dominguez, Gerardo ^a   Thiemens, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas to particle conversion; Radioactive sulfur 35

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; SEA WATER; SULFUR 35;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 80052304039     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1109449108     Document Type: Article

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