Atmospheric radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactor accident observed in Vietnam

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-58

  Long, N Q ^a   Truong, Y ^b   Hien, P D ^c   Binh, N T ^b   Sieu, L N ^b   Giap, T V ^a   Phan, N T ^a  

^a VIETNAM ATOMIC ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b Dalat   (Viet Nam)

^c International Atomic Energy Agency Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

131I; 134,137Cs; Activity ratios; Forward and backward HYSPLIT trajectories; Integrated concentration

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR MASS; HIGH ALTITUDE; IN-LINE; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOISOTOPES;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUME; RADIOACTIVITY; VIET NAM;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; VIETNAM;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 84861960793     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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