Measurement of soil contamination by radionuclides due to the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and associated estimated cumulative external dose estimation

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-27

  Endo, S ^a   Kimura, S ^b   Takatsuji, T ^c   Nanasawa, K ^d   Imanaka, T ^e   Shizuma, K ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulative dose; Dose rate; Fukushima dai ichi nuclear power plant; Nuclear accident; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE DOSE; DOSE RATE; EXTERNAL DOSE; GE DETECTORS; INPUT DATAS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SAMPLING;

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; GERMANIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARKS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ACCIDENTS;

BARIUM; BARIUM 140; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE; IODINE 131; IODINE 132; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM 140; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM 129; TECHNETIUM 129M; TECHNETIUM 132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84861978195     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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