Radioactive impact in South Korea from the damaged nuclear reactors in Fukushima: Evidence of long and short range transport

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 397-411

  Hong, G H ^a   Hernandez Ceballos M A ^b   Lozano, R L ^b   Kim, Y I ^c   Lee, H M ^a   Kim, S H ^a   Yeh, S W ^d   Bolivar J P ^b   Baskaran, M ^e  

^a Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; DEPOSITION FLUXES; EAST COAST; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; RADIOCAESIUM; SOUTH KOREA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WET AND DRY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CESIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES;

METEOROLOGY;

CESIUM;

ARTICLE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOUTH KOREA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84867492404     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/32/4/397     Document Type: Article

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