An operational model to simulate post-accidental radionuclide transfers in Toulon marine area: Preliminary development

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1811-1821

  Duffa, Celine ^a   Dufois, Francois ^b   Coudray, Sylvain ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bay of Toulon; Dispersion; MARS; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

3D CODES; BAY OF TOULON; BOTTOM CURRENT; FRENCH INSTITUTE; IFREMER; MANAGEMENT TOOL; MARINE AREAS; MARS; NUCLEAR SAFETY; OPERATIONAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; RADIONUCLIDE TRANSFER; RE-SUSPENSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE CURRENT; WIND STRENGTH;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DISSOLVED MATTER; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; RESUSPENSION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FRANCE; LITTLE BAY; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; TOULON BAY; VAR;

EID: 81155134115     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0429-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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