Observation of gamma-rays from fallout collected at Ibaraki, Japan, during the Fukushima nuclear accident

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-60

  Saegusa, Jun ^a   Kikuta, Yasuaki ^a   Akino, Hitoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coincidence summing; Fukushima nuclear accident; Gamma ray spectrometry; Radioactive fallout; Rainout

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE-SUMMING; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; RAIN-OUT;

CESIUM; FALLOUT; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVITY; STAINLESS STEEL;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

ANTIMONY 125; BARIUM 137M; BARIUM 140; CESIUM; CESIUM 137; GERMANIUM; IODINE; LANTHANUM 140; RADIOISOTOPE; RAIN; SILVER 110M; TELLURIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA RADIATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; WATER ANALYSIS;

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84875651134     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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