Regional scale atmospheric dispersion simulation of accidental releases of radionuclides from Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-84

  Srinivas, C V ^a   Venkatesan, R ^a   Baskaran, R ^a   Rajagopal, V ^a   Venkatraman, B ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Fukushima accident; Regional scale

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL EMISSION; ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; DRY DEPOSITION; EAST COAST; EAST PACIFIC; HOT SPOT; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE DISPERSION MODEL; LENGTH SCALE; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTISCALES; PLUME DISPERSION; REGIONAL SCALE; SEA SURFACES; SOURCE TERMS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR; TIME VARYING; WESTERLY WINDS; WET DEPOSITION; WIND FLOW; WIND SHIFTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISPERSION (WAVES); RADIOISOTOPES; TRAJECTORIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

RADIOISOTOPE; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI EVENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WESTERLY; WET DEPOSITION;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI REACTOR; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUME; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR; SIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WET DEPOSITION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); TOHOKU;

EID: 84866783137     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.082     Document Type: Article

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