Observations of Fukushima fallout in Great Britain

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-53

  Beresford, N A ^a   Barnett, C L ^a   Howard, B J ^a   Howard, D C ^a   Wells, C ^a   Tyler, A N ^b   Bradley, S ^b   Copplestone, D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium; Fukushima; Grass; Iodine 131; Milk

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CHERNOBYL; DRY MATTERS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FUKUSHIMA; GRASS; GRASS SAMPLE; GREAT BRITAIN; IODINE-131; MILK; WINDSCALE;

ACCIDENTS; IODINE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RAIN;

CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRY MATTER; GRASS; IODINE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRASS; MILK; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLIUM; ANIMALS; BRASSICA; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHICKENS; EGGS; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GOATS; GREAT BRITAIN; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; MILK; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RAIN; SHEEP;

UNITED KINGDOM;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84866605000     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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