Environmental radioactivity analyses in Italy following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 126-130

  Barsanti, M ^a   Conte, F ^a   Delbono, I ^a   Iurlaro, G ^b   Battisti, P ^c   Bortoluzzi, S ^d   Lorenzelli, R ^e   Salvi, S ^e   Zicari, S ^f   Papucci, C ^a   Delfanti, R ^a  

^a ENEA UTMAR   (Italy)

^b Casaccia Research Centre   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d ENEA IRP   (Italy)

^e ENEA UTIS   (Italy)

^f Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cs 134; Cs 137; Fallout; Fukushima accident; I 131

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AIR PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CS ISOTOPES; CS-134; CS-137; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; I-131; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM VALUES; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RESEARCH CENTRES; WET WEIGHT;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; FALLOUT; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RESEARCH; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; WOOL;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIVALVE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POWER PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; EUROPE; ITALY; JAPAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MILK; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHEEP; WEIGHT; WET DEPOSITION;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; ITALY; JAPAN; MILK; MYTILUS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; SHEEP;

ITALY; LA SPEZIA GULF; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84866615823     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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