Aquatic assessment of the chernobyl nuclear accident and its remediation

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1015-1023

  Onishi, Y ^a,b,c   Kivva, S L ^d   Zheleznyak, M J ^d   Voitsekhovich, O V ^e  

^a Yasuo Onishi Consulting LLC   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Ukrainian Center of Environmental and Water Projects   (Ukraine)

^e Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute Kiev   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aquatic habitats; Nuclear powerplants; Radioactive materials; Remedial action; Simulation models; Transport phenomena; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC HABITATS; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; REMEDIAL ACTION; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RIVERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DRINKING WATER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; REMEDIATION; RIVER POLLUTION;

DNIEPER RIVER; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PRIPYAT RIVER;

EID: 35348954924     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:11(1015)     Document Type: Article

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