Measurement of airborne fission products in Chapel Hill, NC, USA from the Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-170

  MacMullin, S ^a,b   Giovanetti, G K ^a,b   Green, M P ^a,b   Henning, R ^a,b   Holmes, R ^a   Vorren, K ^a,b   Wilkerson, J F ^a,b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fission product radionuclides; Fukushima nuclear accident; Gamma spectroscopy; Radioactive fallout

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM; HPGE DETECTORS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RESEARCH FACILITIES;

ACCIDENTS; AIR FILTERS; CESIUM; FALLOUT; GERMANIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

FISSION PRODUCTS;

CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM; IODINE 131;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; FILTER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; TELLURIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; FILTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; HUMANS; JAPAN; NORTH CAROLINA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES; TIME FACTORS;

CHAPEL HILL; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863999023     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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