Spanish experience on modeling of environmental radioactive contamination due to Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident using JRODOS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11887-11895

  Dvorzhak, Alla ^a   Puras, Carlos ^a   Montero, Milagros ^a   Mora, Juan C ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; MODEL PREDICTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; OPERATIONAL MODELING; REAL MEASUREMENTS; SECOND PHASE; SIMULATION EXERCISE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

ACCIDENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; MODEL VALIDATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPAIN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84868577813     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es301687t     Document Type: Article

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