Arrival time and magnitude of airborne fission products from the Fukushima, Japan, reactor incident as measured in Seattle, WA, USA

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1032-1038

  Leon, J Diaz ^a   Jaffe, D A ^b   Kaspar, J ^a   Knecht, A ^a   Miller, M L ^a   Robertson, R G H ^a   Schubert, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fission products; Germanium detector; Radiation monitoring

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING; ARRIVAL TIME; DETECTION LIMITS; FIRST ARRIVAL; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATION MONITORING; SEATTLE;

CESIUM; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM; IODINE 131;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TECHNETIUM ISOTOPE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; JAPAN; NATURAL DISASTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; SEATTLE; TOHOKU; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 80051790062     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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