Published February 1982
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Journal article
Mean residence time of plutonium in the troposphere
Description
Plutonium is injected into the stratosphere by large atmospheric thermonuclear explosions. When aerosols bearing plutonium reenter the troposphere, they are removed by such processes as rainfall and sedimentation. In this work, the mean tropospheric residence time of stratospherically injected plutonium is calculated. A mean residence time of 71 days was obtained for the Northern Hemisphere. Calculated residence times showed little variation by geographic location or for different years
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Environ. Sci. Technol.
- Journal Volume
- 16
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Environ. Sci. Technol.
- Journal Page Range
- 127-129
- ISSN
- 0013-936X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13691903
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; STRATOSPHERE; THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TRACER TECHNIQUES; TROPOSPHERE
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; AEROSOLS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; EXPLOSIONS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES