Radionuclides in the ground-level atmosphere in Vilnius, Lithuania, in March 2011, detected by gamma-ray spectrometry

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-18

  Gudelis, A ^a   Druteikiene, R ^a   Lujaniene, G ^a   Maceika, E ^a   Plukis, A ^a   Remeikis, V ^a  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Caesium isotopes; Fukushima accident; Gamma ray spectrometry; Ground level atmosphere; Iodine 131; Tellurium 129m

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AIR FILTRATION; AIR MONITORING; BACKGROUND VALUE; CHERNOBYL NPP ACCIDENT; FOUR-ORDER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GASEOUS FRACTION; GROUND-LEVEL; IODINE-131; LITHUANIA; SAMPLING SYSTEMS; TELLURIUM-129M;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FISSION PRODUCTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 131; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 136; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; TELLURIUM 129M; TELLURIUM 132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLING; TELLURIUM; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GROUND LEVEL ATMOSPHERE; LITHUANIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; LITHUANIA; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

LITHUANIA; VILNIUS;

EID: 84860258722     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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