Airborne fission products in the high Arctic after the Fukushima nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-47

  Paatero, Jussi ^a   Vira, Julius ^a   Siitari Kauppi, Marja ^b   Hatakka, Juha ^a   Holmén, Kim ^c   Viisanen, Yrjö ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atmosphere; Fission products; Fukushima

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; AEROSOL SAMPLES; ARCTIC; DISPERSION MODELS; FUKUSHIMA; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE WATCHES; HIGH ARCTIC; IODINE-131; MODEL CALCULATIONS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RADIOECOLOGY; SOURCE TERMS; SVALBARD;

ACCIDENTS; BALLOONS; DEBRIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FISSION PRODUCTS; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PLUME DISPERSION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ARCTIC REGIONS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; NUCLEAR FISSION; RADIATION MONITORING;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84866621748     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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