Numerical simulations of short-term migration processes of dissolved cesium-137 due to a hypothetical accident of a nuclear submarine in the Japan Sea

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Kobayashi, Takuya ^a   Chino, Masamichi ^a   Togawa, Orihiko ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersion of radionuclides; Japan Sea; Nuclear submarine; Numerical experiment; Ocean circulation model; Particle random walk model

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION OF RADIONUCLIDES; DISSOLVED CESIUM-137; JAPAN SEA; NUCLEAR SUBMARINE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL; PARTICLE RANDOM WALK MODEL;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RADIOISOTOPES; SUBMARINES;

CESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745461180     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: 00223131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.43.569     Document Type: Article

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