Depositional fluxes and residence time of atmospheric radioiodine (131I) from the Fukushima accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-36

  Yang, Weifeng ^a,b   Guo, Laodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

210Po 210Pb disequilibrium; Depositional flux; Fukushima accident; Radioiodine; Residence time

Indexed keywords

210PO/210PB DISEQUILIBRIUM; DEPOSITIONAL FLUXES; INTEGRAL MODEL; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; PRECIPITATION SAMPLES; RADIOIODINE; REMOVAL RATE; RESIDENCE TIME; TIME-SCALES;

FALLOUT; LEAD;

ACCIDENTS;

IODINE 131; LEAD 210;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; IODINE; LEAD ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLONIUM ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRECIPITATION; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861218775     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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