Estimation of radioactive contamination of soils from the " Balapan" and the " Experimental field" technical areas of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-59

  Evseeva, T ^a   Belykh, E ^a   Geras'kin, S ^b   Majstrenko, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Radioactive contamination; Semipalatinsk nuclear test site; Soil environmental risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CLEARANCE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; KAZAKHSTAN; MINIMUM DETECTABLE ACTIVITIES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; SAFETY LEVEL; SEMIPALATINSK NUCLEAR TEST SITES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOLID MATERIAL; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY;

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; EUROPIUM; EXPLOSIONS; MAPPING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

AMERICIUM;

AMERICIUM 241; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; EUROPIUM 152; EUROPIUM 154; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; STRONTIUM 90; THORIUM 232; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 238;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPLOSION RISK; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE;

NUCLEAR WARFARE; RUSSIA; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

KAZAKHSTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEMIPALATINSK;

EID: 84857696010     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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