A study of the movement of radioactive material released during the Windscale fire in October 1957 using ERA40 data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3921-3937

  Johnson, C A ^a   Kitchen, K P ^a   Nelson, N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident; Dispersion model; NAME; Radioactivity; Sellafield

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; THERMAL PLUMES;

DISPERSION MODELS; PLUME TRANSPORT; SELLAFIELD;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; FIRE; MOVEMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; EUROPE; FIRE; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247137142     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.11.058     Document Type: Article

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