Lateral variation of 134Cs and 137Cs concentrations in surface seawater in and around the Japan Sea after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 45-51

  Inoue, M ^a   Kofuji, H ^b   Nagao, S ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a   Hamajima, Y ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Fujimoto, K ^c   Takada, T ^a   Isoda, Y ^d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Japan Sea; Surface seawater

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; JAPAN SEA; LATERAL VARIATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; OKHOTSK SEA; SEA SURFACES; SOUTHWESTERN JAPAN; SURFACE SEAWATER; WATER SAMPLES;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SEAWATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; TOHOKU;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84856011353     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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