134Cs and 137Cs activities in coastal seawater along Northern Sanriku and Tsugaru Strait, northeastern Japan, after Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 116-119

  Inoue, M ^a   Kofuji, H ^b   Hamajima, Y ^a   Nagao, S ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Yamamoto, M ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Marine Science Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Coastal seawater; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Northern Sanriku

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COASTAL SEAWATER; NORTHERN SANRIKU; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; OFF-SHORE; SEAWATER SAMPLES; SUBSEQUENT REDUCTION; WATER MIGRATION;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SEAWATER;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; SEA WATER; CESIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL WATER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SAMPLING; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; SEA POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STATISTICS; TIME; TSUNAMI; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; SANRIKU; TOHOKU; TSUGARU STRAIT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84861974662     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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