First measurements of 236U concentrations and 236U/239Pu isotopic ratios in a Southern Hemisphere soil far from nuclear test or reactor sites

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-114

  Srncik, M ^a   Tims, S G ^a   De Cesare, M ^a   Fifield, L K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry; Soil; Southern hemisphere

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FALLOUT; HYDROGEN BONDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SOILS; URANIUM;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY; CHEMICAL SEPARATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PELLETRON ACCELERATORS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UNDISTURBED FORESTS;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM 236; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; URANIUM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST COVER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SITE INVESTIGATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC BOMB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; FOREST SOIL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; FOREST; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; HERBERT RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

AUSTRALIA; FORESTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EID: 84896036108     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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