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Title: 241Pu in the environment: insight into the understudied isotope of plutonium

Journal Article · · Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

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Research Organization:
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
EM0002423
OSTI ID:
1537771
Journal Information:
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 317, Issue 2; ISSN 0236-5731
Publisher:
Springer
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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