Decontamination efficiencies of pot-type water purifiers for 131i, 134cs and 137cs in rainwater contaminated during fukushima daiichi nuclear disaster

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Higaki, Shogo ^a   Hirota, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RAIN; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTERS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84861211180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037184     Document Type: Article

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