Measurement of airborne 131I, 134Cs and 137Cs due to the Fukushima reactor incident in Milan (Italy)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-118

  Clemenza, M ^a   Fiorini, E ^a   Previtali, E ^a   Sala, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

131I; 134Cs; 137Cs; Airborne radioactivity; Fukushima accident

Indexed keywords

AIR PARTICULATE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; LOW-RADIOACTIVITY; TIME DISTRIBUTION;

ACCIDENTS; ISOTOPES; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM;

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

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHQUAKE EVENT; IODINE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TSUNAMI;

ARTICLE; ITALY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING;

ITALY; LOMBARDY; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY];

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; ITALY; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 84866593945     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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