Radioactive particles from a range of past nuclear events: Challenges posed by highly varied structure and composition

Mathew P Johansen; David P Child; Richard Collins; Megan Cook; Joel Davis; Michael A C Hotchkis; Daryl L Howard; Nicholas Howell; Atsushi Ikeda-Ohno; Emma Young

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156755

Radioactive particles from a range of past nuclear events: Challenges posed by highly varied structure and composition

Sci Total Environ. 2022 Oct 10:842:156755. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156755. Epub 2022 Jun 16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia. Electronic address: Mathew.johansen@ansto.gov.au.
² Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW 2232, Australia.
³ University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
⁴ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Environmental Laboratories, Monaco.
⁵ Australian Synchrotron, 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
⁶ Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195, Japan.

PMID: 35718169
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156755

No abstract available

Keywords: Debris; Fallout; Hot particles; Nuclear weapons tests vs nuclear power accidents; Plutonium; Radiological and stable element composition.

MeSH terms

Plutonium* / analysis
Radiation Monitoring*
Radioactive Fallout* / analysis
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive* / analysis

Substances

Radioactive Fallout
Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
Plutonium