Estimation of marine source-term following Fukushima Dai-ichi accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 2-9

  Bailly du Bois, P ^a   Laguionie, P ^a   Boust, D ^a   Korsakissok, I ^a   Didier, D ^a   Fievet B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

131I; 134Cs; 137Cs; Environmental half time; Fukushima; Source term

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FALLOUT; CONTAMINATED SOILS; CONTAMINATED WATER; DEPOSITED SEDIMENTS; DIRECT RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HALF TIME; FUKUSHIMA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SYSTEMS; NORTH PACIFIC; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVE RELEASE; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEAWATER CONCENTRATION; SOURCE-TERM; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ESTIMATION; LEACHING; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RAIN;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEACHING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUME; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

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

EID: 84859947451     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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