Chemical states of fallout radioactive Cs in the soils deposited at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 473-478

  Kozai, Naofumi ^a   Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^a   Arisaka, Makoto ^a   Watanabe, Masayuki ^a   Sakamoto, Fuminori ^a   Yamasaki, Shinya ^a   Jiang, Mingyu ^a,b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical states; Fixation; Fukushima daiichi NPP; Mineral composition; Radioactive Cs

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; CHEMICAL STATE; CONTAMINATED SOILS; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NPP; MINERAL COMPOSITION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SIZE FRACTION; SIZE FRACTIONATION; SOIL COMPONENTS; SOIL SAMPLE;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; CHLORINE; DESORPTION; MICA; MINERALS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTION;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 84862836490     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2012.677131     Document Type: Article

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