Elevated radioxenon detected remotely following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 681-687

  Bowyer, T W ^a   Biegalski, S R ^b   Cooper, M ^a   Eslinger, P W ^a   Haas, D ^a   Hayes, J C ^a   Miley, H S ^a   Strom, D J ^a   Woods, V ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Noble gas; Radioxenon; Reactor accident; Xenon; Xenon 133

Indexed keywords

FUKUSHIMA; NOBLE GAS; RADIOXENON; REACTOR ACCIDENT; XENON-133;

EARTHQUAKES; FISSION PRODUCTS; ISOTOPES; XENON;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM; XENON; XENON 131M; XENON 133; XENON 133M;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVITY; TSUNAMI; XENON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 79955971262     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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