Development and deployment of an underway radioactive cesium monitor off the Japanese coast near Fukushima Dai-ichi

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-125

  Caffrey, J A ^a   Higley, K A ^a   Farsoni, A T ^a   Smith, S ^a   Menn, S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dai ichi; Flow through; Fukushima; Monitor; Radiocesium; Seawater

Indexed keywords

DAI-ICHI; FLOWTHROUGH; FUKUSHIMA; MONITOR; RADIOCESIUM;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RESEARCH; SEAWATER;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; SEA WATER;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITOR; RADIATION MONITORING; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION PROBE; SEASHORE; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

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

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

KANALOA;

EID: 84861988043     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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