Update and improvement of the global krypton-85 emission inventory

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-42

  Ahlswede, Jochen ^a   Hebel, Simon ^a   Ross, J Ole ^a,b   Schoetter, Robert ^a   Kalinowski, Martin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Emission; Emission inventory; Isotope production; Krypton 85; Nuclear fuel reprocessing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION DATA; EMISSION INVENTORIES; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; KRYPTON-85; METEOROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; NOBLE GAS; PASSIVE TRACERS; POWER REACTOR; REPROCESSING FACILITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ISOTOPES; NEUTRON EMISSION; NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PLUTONIUM; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM;

KRYPTON;

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; ISOTOPE; KRYPTON 85;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DISSOLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; KRYPTON; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUTONIUM; TRACER; URANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; JAPAN; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; REPROCESSING FACILITY; SIMULATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; KRYPTON RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE;

BASSE NORMANDIE; FRANCE; HONSHU; JAPAN; LA HAGUE; MANCHE; TOKAI [HONSHU];

EID: 84864493142     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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