Plutonium isotopes and 241Am in the atmosphere of Lithuania: A comparison of different source terms

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 419-427

  Lujanien, G ^a   Valiulis, D ^a   Bycenkien S ^a   Sakalys J ^a   Povinec, P P ^b  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric radioactivity; Chernobyl accident; Fukushima accident; Global fallout; Pu isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AIR MASS; ATOM RATIO; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; FOUR-ORDER; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; LITHUANIA; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; MEDIAN VALUE; NUCLEAR PLANT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SAMPLING STATIONS; SOURCE TERMS; TEST SITE;

ACTINIDES; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CESIUM; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; SPENT FUELS;

ISOTOPES;

PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR MASS; AIR SAMPLING; AMERICIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; LITHUANIA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LITHUANIA;

EID: 84865074358     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.046     Document Type: Article

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