Depth distribution of 137Cs, 134Cs, and 131I in soil profile after Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-64

  Kato, Hiroaki ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Teramage, Mengistu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

131I; 134Cs; 137Cs; Depth distribution; Fukushima dai ichi nuclear power plant accident; Soil profile

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL; CLAY CONTENT; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CULTIVATED SOILS; DEPTH DISTRIBUTION; FIELD MEASUREMENT DATA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RADIOCAESIUM; SOIL PROFILES; STUDY SITES;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; EARTHQUAKES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES;

SOILS;

CESIUM 131; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RAIN;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PENETRATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TOPSOIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; EARTHQUAKE; FUKUSHIMA DAI ICHI NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; SURFACE SOIL; DISASTER; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS; TIME; TSUNAMI;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RAIN; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84861996216     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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