Can we remove iodine-131 from tap water in Japan by boiling? - Experimental testing in response to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1282-1284

  Tagami, K ^a   Uchida, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boiling process; Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Iodine 131; Tap water

Indexed keywords

IODINE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

BOILING PROCESS; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; IODINE-131; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; TAP WATER; VOLUME REDUCTIONS;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

DRINKING WATER; IODINE 131; TAP WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IODINE; ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STATE ROLE; VOLUME; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BOILING POINT; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; TIME; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 79960834327     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.050     Document Type: Article

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