Radioactive cesium isotope ratios as a tool for determining dispersal and re-dispersal mechanisms downwind from the Nevada Nuclear Security Site

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 46-52

  Snyder, Darin C ^a   Delmore, James E ^a   Tranter, Troy ^a   Mann, Nick R ^a   Abbott, Michael L ^a   Olson, John E ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotope ratios; Nevada Nuclear Security Site; Radioactive cesium; Tests

Indexed keywords

HIGH INTENSITY; ISOTOPE RATIO; LAND AREAS; LAS VEGAS; NUCLEAR SECURITY; NUCLEAR TESTS; SEDIMENT CORE; TESTS; THERMAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; WIND STORMS;

IODINE; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM;

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

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FRACTIONATION; IONIZATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PLUME; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; FRACTIONATION; HURRICANE; LAKE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PLUME; PLUME DISPERSION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WIND;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; NEVADA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LAKE MEAD; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857135762     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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