Atmospheric discharge and dispersion of radionuclides during the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Part I: Source term estimation and local-scale atmospheric dispersion in early phase of the accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-113

  Katata, Genki ^a   Ota, Masakazu ^a   Terada, Hiroaki ^a   Chino, Masamichi ^a   Nagai, Haruyasu ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Local scale; Source term; Surface deposition; WSPEEDI II

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; LOCAL-SCALE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; SOURCE TERMS; SURFACE DEPOSITION; WSPEEDI-II;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; FLOW FIELDS; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CESIUM 137; HYDROGEN; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; IODIDE; NUCLEAR EXPLOSION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; EMERGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUME; SIMULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES; UNCERTAINTY;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84857726412     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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