Pu-239+240 and Cs-137 in Montenegro soil: Their correlation and origin

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-97

  Antovic, Nevenka M ^a   Vukotic, Perko ^b   Svrkota, Nikola ^c   Andrukhovich, Sergey K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts   (Montenegro)

^c Center for Ecotoxicological Research   (Montenegro)

^d B I STEPANOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Belarus)

Author keywords

239+240Pu concentrations in soil; 239+240Pu 137Cs activity ratio; Montenegro

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; CHERNOBYL; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GAMMA-SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; MONTENEGRO; SOIL SAMPLE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CESIUM; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EUROPE; MEASUREMENT; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROMETRY;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTENEGRO; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

MONTENEGRO;

EID: 84858711902     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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