Observations of fallout from the fukushima reactor accident in San Francisco bay area rainwater

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Norman, Eric B ^a   Angell, Christopher T ^a   Chodash, Perry A ^a  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; IODINE 132; RADIOISOTOPE; RAIN; TELLURIUM 132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; FUKUSHIMA DAI ICHI REACTOR; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; UNITED STATES; BAY; CHEMISTRY; GAMMA RADIATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT;

BAYS; GAMMA RAYS; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RAIN; SAN FRANCISCO; WATER;

EID: 80052997408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024330     Document Type: Article

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