Radioactive pollution in Athens, Greece due to the Fukushima nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-104

  Kritidis, P ^a   Florou, H ^a   Eleftheriadis, K ^a   Evangeliou, N ^a   Gini, M ^a   Sotiropoulou, M ^a   Diapouli, E ^a   Vratolis, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; Fukushima nuclear accident; Greece; Radioactive pollution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY RATIOS; AIR CONCENTRATIONS; AIR MASS; AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTERS; ARTIFICIAL RADIONUCLIDES; ATHENS; ATHENS , GREECE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GREECE; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MAXIMUM VALUES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; SOIL SAMPLE;

CESIUM; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; WOOL;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IODINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL TYPE;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRASS; GREECE; MEAT; MILK; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUME DISPERSION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SHEEP; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GREECE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; MEAT; MILK; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SHEEP; SOIL; UKRAINE;

GREECE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84866618094     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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