Isotopic Pu, Am and Cm signatures in environmental samples contaminated by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-46

  Yamamoto, M ^a   Sakaguchi, A ^b   Ochiai, S ^a   Takada, T ^a   Hamataka, K ^a   Murakami, T ^a   Nagao, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Am; Black substances; Cm; FDNPP accident; Pu; Radioactive Cs

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM; CURIUM; DUST; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; DUST; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMERICIUM; CURIUM; DUST; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84893942837     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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