Land-surface contamination by radionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident

Elements

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-206

  Yoshida, Naohiro ^a   Takahashi, Yoshio ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne monitoring; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident; Radionuclides; Soil analysis; Vertical profile; Wet deposition

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE MONITORING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; SOIL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL PROFILE; WET DEPOSITION;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND SURFACE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WET DEPOSITION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84861702156     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: 18115217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.8.3.201     Document Type: Article

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