Aerosol radioactivity record in Bratislava/Slovakia following the Fukushima accident - A comparison with global fallout and the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-88

  Povinec, P P ^a   Sykora I ^a   Holy K ^a   Gera, M ^a   Kovacik A ^a   Brest'akova L ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric radioactivity; Fukushima accident; Global fallout; Radionulides

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; BRATISLAVA; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GLOBAL FALLOUT; MAXIMUM VALUES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RADIOACTIVE PLUME; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; RADIONULIDES; VERTICAL TRANSPORTS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CESIUM; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES;

AEROSOLS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLOUT; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUME; RADIOACTIVITY; SLOVAKIA; WET DEPOSITION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVITY; SLOVAKIA; UKRAINE;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; SLOVAKIA; TOHOKU;

EID: 84866618143     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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