Published June 1994 | Version v1
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Spatial distribution of radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl accident

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The objective of this investigation was to develop a correlation between the plutonium concentration, the strontium concentration, and the concentration of certain gamma emitters in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl accident. For some time after the accident, Cerium 144 activity was used to estimate these activities, but with a half-life of 284 days, this method has ceased to be useful. Cesium 137 was investigated as an alternative, and it was found that both the strontium and plutonium concentration could be adequately described by this method

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Journal Title
Atomic Energy (New York)
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 946-949.
ISSN
1063-4258
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AENYEZ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26065954
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
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CERIUM 144; CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; FALLOUT; PLUTONIUM; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRONTIUM 90; SURFACE CONTAMINATION
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ACCIDENTS; ACTINIDES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CERIUM ISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CONTAMINATION; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; METALS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RARE EARTH NUCLEI; REACTORS; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; THERMAL REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Translated from Atomnaya Energiya; 75: No. 6, 453-457(Dec 1993).