Reconstruction of 131I radioactive contamination in Ukraine caused by the Chernobyl accident using atmospheric transport modelling

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-362

  Talerko, Nikolai ^a  

^a Scientific Center of Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Accidental release; Atmospheric transport; Dry deposition; Radionuclides; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGY; SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; RADIOIODINE; WET DEPOSITION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

IODINE 131;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; IODINE; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALCULATION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DATA BASE; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PROCESS MODEL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; UKRAINE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; UKRAINE;

EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE; WORLD;

EID: 26844462163     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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