Plutonium concentration and 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in biota collected from Amchitka Island, Alaska: Recent measurements using ICP-SFMS

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 124, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-36

  Bu, Kaixuan ^a   Cizdziel, James V ^a   Dasher, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

240Pu 239Pu ratio; Amchitka Island; Freshwater moss; Horse mussel; ICP SFMS; Kelp; Lichen; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

240PU/239PU RATIO; AMCHITKA ISLAND; FRESHWATER MOSS; HORSE MUSSEL; ICP-SFMS; KELP; LICHEN;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MARINE ENGINEERING; MOLLUSCS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM ALLOYS; RADIOLOGY; SHELLFISH; TISSUE; WATER;

FUNGI;

PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240;

BIVALVE; FALLOUT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; KELP FOREST; LICHEN; MOSS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOTA; CLADONIA; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EUALARIA FISTULOSA; FONTINALIS NEOMEXICANUS; KELP; MODIOLUS MODIOLUS; MOSS; MUSSEL; UNITED STATES;

(240)PU/(239)PU RATIO; AMCHITKA ISLAND; FRESHWATER MOSS; HORSE MUSSEL; ICP-SFMS; KELP; LICHEN; PLUTONIUM;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIOTA; BIVALVIA; BRYOPSIDA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ISLANDS; LICHENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SOIL;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877153218     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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