Determination of the source rate released into the environment from a nuclear power plant

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 308-313

  Jeong, Hyo Joon ^a   Kim, Eun Han ^a   Suh, Kyung Suk ^a   Hwang, Won Tae ^a   Han, Moon Hee ^a   Lee, Hong Keun ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KOREA; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 19444385605     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch460     Document Type: Article

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