The ambient gamma dose-rate and the inventory of fission products estimations with the soil samples collected at Canadian embassy in Tokyo during Fukushima nuclear accident

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-73

  Zhang, Weihua ^a   Friese, Judah ^b   Ungar, Kurt ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha spectrometry; Fission products and actinide; Fukushima nuclear accident; Gamma spectrometry; Radionuclide inventory of soil

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; AMERICIUM; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; IODINE 132; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 89; STRONTIUM 90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84884211350     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: 15882780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-012-2040-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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