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Dose reconstruction for plutonium-239 intakes at the Rocky Flats Plant

Caleigh SamuelsEnvironmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Rich LeggettEnvironmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8999-3085View further author information
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Pages 1841-1852 | Received 04 Nov 2022, Accepted 07 Jul 2023, Published online: 14 Aug 2023

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