Prediction of groundwater contamination with 137Cs and 131I from the Fukushima nuclear accident in the Kanto district

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-41

  Ohta, Tomoko ^a   Mahara, Yasunori ^b   Kubota, Takumi ^b   Fukutani, Satoshi ^b   Fujiwara, Keiko ^b   Takamiya, Koichi ^b   Yoshinaga, Hisao ^b   Mizuochi, Hiroyuki ^c   Igarashi, Toshifumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sumiko Resources Exploration and Development Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Environmental radioactivity; Fukushima nuclear accident; Iodine 131; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; IODINE-131; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RAINWATER;

CESIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IODINE; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANION EXCHANGE RESIN; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; GROUND WATER; IODINE 131; ORGANIC MATTER; RAIN;

ADSORPTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INFILTRATION; IODINE; ION EXCHANGE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RAINWATER; RESIN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RAIN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 84861203850     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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