Air concentration of radiocaesium in Tsukuba, Japan following the release from the Tokai waste treatment plant: Comparisons of observations with predictions

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1063-1073

  Igarashi, Yasuhito ^a   Aoyama, Michio ^a   Miyao, Takashi ^a   Hirose, Katsumi ^a   Komura, Kazuhisa ^b   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Baseline; Emission; Gaussian plume model; Nuclear accident; Radio Cs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CESIUM; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR RADIATION SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

GAUSSIAN PLUME MODEL; NUCLEAR WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEATHER;

EID: 0032921214     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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