Evidence of the radioactive fallout in France due to the Fukushima nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-60

  Evrard, Olivier ^a   Van Beek, Pieter ^b   Gateuille, David ^a   Pont, Véronique ^c   Lefèvre, Irène ^a   Lansard, Bruno ^b   Bonté, Philippe ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

France; Fukushima accident; Radioactive fallout; Radiocesium; Radioiodine

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FRANCE; FRESH WEIGHT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE RELEASE; RADIOCESIUM; RADIOIODINE; RIVER BASINS; SOIL SAMPLE; SUSPENDED MATTERS; UPSTREAM STATIONS;

AEROSOLS; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; WATERSHEDS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; GRASS; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSPENDED LOAD;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EXPLOSION; FALLOUT; FRANCE; GRASS; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR REACTOR; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

AEROSOLS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FRANCE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RIVERS; SOIL;

FRANCE; PYRENEES; SEINE BASIN;

EID: 84866629348     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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