Analysis of data from sensitive U.S. monitoring stations for the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactor accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-21

  Biegalski, S R ^b   Bowyer, T W ^a   Eslinger, P W ^a   Friese, J A ^a   Greenwood, L R ^a   Haas, D A ^a   Hayes, J C ^a   Hoffman, I ^c   Keillor, M ^a   Miley, H S ^a   Moring, M ^d  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

CTBT; Fission products; Fukushima Dai ichi; IMS; International monitoring system; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF DATA; ASHLAND; ATMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY; COOLING CAPACITY; CTBT; DETECTION CAPABILITY; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI; HEALTH CONCERNS; IMS; INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEMS; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; MELBOURNE; MONITORING STATIONS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NOBLE GAS; NUCLEAR FUEL INTEGRITY; RADIOACTIVE FISSION PRODUCTS; SHUTDOWN CONDITION; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; TSUNAMI WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; RADIOISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; XENON;

EARTHQUAKES;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TSUNAMI; XENON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EARTHQUAKE; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; TSUNAMI; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; UNITED STATES; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84866606626     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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