Long-term simulations of the 137Cs dispersion from the Fukushima accident in the world ocean

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-115

  Nakano, Masanao ^a   Povinec, Pavel P ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Fukushima accident; LAMER; Marine modeling; Ocean general circulation model; Pacific ocean

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION CODE; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE LIMITS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; GLOBAL FALLOUT; INDIAN OCEAN; LAMER; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MARINE BIOTA; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD OCEAN;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; SURFACE WATERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CESIUM 137; SURFACE WATER;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FALLOUT; GLOBAL OCEAN; INGESTION RATE; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; DOSE CALCULATION; INDIAN OCEAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SIMULATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INDIAN OCEAN; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; INDIAN OCEAN; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84861987187     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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