2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident: Summary of regional radioactive deposition monitoring results

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-17

  Hirose, Katsumi ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

131I; 137Cs; Deposition; Fukushima Dai ichi NPP; Nuclear accident; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESIDENCE TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; EXTERNAL DOSE; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NPP; LAND AREAS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; TEMPORAL CHANGE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; LANDFORMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RESIDENCE TIME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TOHOKU;

EID: 84859755379     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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