Radiological risk assessment for an urban area: Focusing on a drinking water contamination

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1313-1318

  Jeong, Hyo Joon ^a   Hwang, Won Tae ^a   Kim, Eun Han ^a   Han, Moon Hee ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODE; FLOW STREAMLINES; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MODEL DOMAINS; MORTALITY RISK; RADIOLOGICAL RISKS; RISK COEFFICIENT; SEOUL METROPOLITAN AREA; SOURCE TERMS; TAP WATER; TERRORIST ATTACKS; URBAN AREAS; WATER QUALITY MODELING; WATER SYSTEM;

CESIUM; CIVIL AVIATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAKE POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 69549135111     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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