Analysis of the 50-year records of the atmospheric deposition of long-lived radionuclides in Japan

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1675-1678

  Hirose, K ^a   Igarashi, Y ^a   Aoyama, M ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; 90Sr; Deposition; Fallout; Long term trends; Plutonium; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERICS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RADIOISOTOPES;

137CS; 90SR; ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; LONG-LIVED RADIONUCLIDES; LONG-TERM TRENDS; PLUTONIUM; RESUSPENSION;

RADIOMETRY;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 50649125122     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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