TRS Cs CRwo-water values for the marine environment: Analysis, applications and comparisons

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 367-375

  Psaltaki, M ^a   Brown, J E ^b   Howard, B J ^c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRwo media; Cs 137; Doserates; Marine organisms

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CS-137; DOSERATES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ORGANISMS; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION;

ANIMALS; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; TOOLS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; CESIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD CHAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PELAGIC FISH; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; WILD POPULATION;

AEGEAN SEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COASTAL WATERS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ERICA ASSESSMENT TOOL; FALLOUT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PELAGIC FISH; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; WINTER; ANIMAL; CR(WO-MEDIA); CS-137; DOSERATES; FISH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARD;

AEGEAN SEA; BLACK SEA; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CR(WO-MEDIA); CS-137; DOSERATES; MARINE ORGANISMS;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FISHES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; SEAWATER;

EID: 84889677527     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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