Preliminary numerical experiments on oceanic dispersion of 131I and 137Cs discharged into the ocean because of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1349-1356

  Kawamura, Hideyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Takuya ^a   Furuno, Akiko ^a   In, Teiji ^b   Ishikawa, Yoichi ^c   Nakayama, Tomoharu ^b   Shima, Shigeki ^b   Awaji, Toshiyuki ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

131I; 137Cs; Deposition; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster; Ocean general circulation model; Oceanic concentrations; Oceanic dispersion simulation; Released amounts; SEA GEARN; WSPEEDI II

Indexed keywords

OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OCEANIC DISPERSION SIMULATION; RELEASED AMOUNTS; SEA-GEARN; WSPEEDI-II;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERICS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 82455195001     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/jnst.48.1349     Document Type: Article

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