Twenty-five Years of Environmental Radionuclide Concentrations near a Nuclear Power Plant

@article{Harris2015TwentyfiveYO,
  title={Twenty-five Years of Environmental Radionuclide Concentrations near a Nuclear Power Plant},
  author={Charles Harris and Danielle A. Kreeger and Ruth Patrick and John M. Palms},
  journal={Health Physics},
  year={2015},
  volume={108},
  pages={503–513}
}
AbstractThe areas in and along a 262‐km length of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania were monitored for the presence of radioactive materials. This study began two months after the 1979 Three Mile Island (TMI) partial reactor meltdown; it spanned the next 25 y. Monitoring points included stations at the PPL Susquehanna and TMI nuclear power plants. Monthly gamma measurements document concentrations of radionuclides from natural and anthropogenic sources. During this study, various series of… Expand
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