Plutonium contamination in the environment. (Latest citations from the Life Sciences Collection database). Published Search

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:139842

The bibliography contains citations concerning the ecological impact of plutonium contamination in the environment. Topics include contamination in freshwater and marine sediments, bioaccumulation, transport in the food chain, accumulation in the soil, methods of analysis, removal from contaminated soils, contamination from nuclear fallout and nuclear facilities, and the presence of plutonium in seaspray and in the atmosphere. Plutonium pharmacokinetics in humans, and effects of plutonium contamination on fetuses are also described. (Contains a minimum of 72 citations and includes a subject term index and title list.)

• Research Organization: NERAC, Inc., Tolland, CT (United States)
• OSTI ID: 139842
• Report Number(s): PB--93-892404/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FALLOUT
FETUSES
FOOD CHAINS
MAN
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PHARMACOLOGY
PLUTONIUM
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SEDIMENTS
SOILS