Arrival of radionuclides released by the Fukushima accident to Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-186

  Lopez Perez M ^a   Ramos Lopez R ^b   Perestelo, Nayra R ^a   Duarte Rodriguez, X ^a   Bustos, J J ^b   Alonso Perez S ^b,c   Cuevas, E ^b   Hernandez Armas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Associated Unit to CSIC Studies on Atmospheric Pollution   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; Caesium 134; Caesium 137; Fukushima accident; Gamma spectrometry; Iodine 131

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AIR MASS; CAESIUM-134; CAESIUM-137; CANARY ISLANDS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GENERAL PUBLICS; IODINE-131; LOCAL POPULATIONS; LOW ALTITUDES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE PLUME; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REMOTE REGIONS; TENERIFE;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IODINE; MARINE POLLUTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RISK FACTOR; SPECTROMETRY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CLOUD; DISPERSION; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUME; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 84869108523     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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