An overview of Fukushima radionuclides measured in the northern hemisphere

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 577-613

  Thakur, P ^a   Ballard, S ^a   Nelson, R ^b  

^a New Mexico State University   (United States)

^b 4021 National Parks Hwy   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric release; Fission products; Fukushima; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS; FUKUSHIMA; GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; VOLATILE FISSION PRODUCTS;

ACCIDENTS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FISSION PRODUCTS; INERT GASES; IODINE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; IODINE; KRYPTON; RADIOISOTOPE; TELLURIUM; WATER; XENON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IODINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; MILK; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER SAMPLING;

ATMOSPHERE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOGRAPHY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84878365157     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.105     Document Type: Review

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