Radiation measurements in the Chiba Metropolitan Area and radiological aspects of fallout from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plants accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-52

  Amano, Hikaru ^a   Akiyama, Masakazu ^a   Chunlei, Bi ^a   Kawamura, Takao ^a   Kishimoto, Takeshi ^a   Kuroda, Tomotaka ^a   Muroi, Takahiko ^a   Odaira, Tomoaki ^a   Ohta, Yuji ^a   Takeda, Kenji ^a   Watanabe, Yushu ^a   Morimoto, Takao ^a  

^a Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic radionuclides; Dose estimation; Fallout; Fukushima dai ichi nuclear power plants accident; Tap water

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; EXTERNAL RADIATION; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; INTERNAL RADIATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TAP WATER;

CESIUM; DEPOSITION RATES; FALLOUT; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 136; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; IODINE 132; IODINE 133; RADIOISOTOPE; TAP WATER; TELLURIUM 132; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FALLOUT; IODINE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; FLUID INTAKE; INHALATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; VELOCITY; WATER SAMPLING;

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

CHIBA; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOHOKU;

EID: 84861994508     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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