Accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power stations of TEPCO - outline & lessons learned

Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B: Physical and Biological Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 471-484

  Tanaka, Shun Ichi ^a  

^a RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decontamination of environment; Fukushima Dai ichi NPS nuclear power accident; Legal claim to damage; Measure for resident; Radioactive contamination; TEPCO

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL; STANDARD;

ENGINEERING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 84871149374     PISSN: 03862208     EISSN: 13492896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2183/pjab.88.471     Document Type: Review

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