Fluvial discharges of radiocaesium from watersheds contaminated by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Japan

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Ueda, Shinji ^a   Hasegawa, Hidenao ^a   Kakiuchi, Hideki ^a   Akata, Naofumi ^a   Ohtsuka, Yoshihito ^a   Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Discharge; Fukushima nuclear power plant accident; River

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CONTAMINATED AREAS; IRRIGATION WATERS; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PADDY FIELDS; RADIOCAESIUM; SOIL SURFACES; TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES; WATER DISCHARGES; WATER SAMPLES;

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; IRRIGATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RUNOFF; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RIVER WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BASEFLOW; CESIUM ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RIVER DISCHARGE; TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE 2011; TSUNAMI; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EARTHQUAKE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FLOODING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); JAPAN; LAKE; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEA; SURFACE SOIL; TSUNAMI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84871651732     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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