Historical reconstruction of Plutonium contamination in the Swiss-Italian Alps

• Published in: E3S Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Gabrieli J., Cozzi G., Vallelonga P., Schwikowski M., Sigl M., Boutron C., Barbante C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: EDP Sciences 2013
• Subjects: Plutonium; Alps; ice; snow; ICP-SFMS; nuclear tests; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Mont Blanc; ice core
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130114001; https://doaj.org/article/223d2bd7036f47e59bfe4f19717147b2

Plutonium is present in the environment as a consequence of atmospheric nuclear tests carried out in the 1960s, nuclear weapons production and releases by the nuclear industry over the past 50 years. Approximately 6 tons of 239Pu have been released into the environment as a result of 541 atmospheric...