One-year monitoring of airborne radionuclides in Wako, Japan, after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Haba, H ^a   Kanaya, J ^a   Mukai, H ^a   Kambara, T ^a   Kase, M ^a  

^a RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerated Based Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airborne radionuclide; Fukushima Dai ichi nuclear power plant accident

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; RAINFALL;

JAPAN;

EID: 84878363404     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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