Global transport and deposition of 137Cs following the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan: Emphasis on Europe and Asia using high-resolution model versions and radiological impact assessment of the human population and the environment using interactive tools

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5803-5812

  Evangeliou, Nikolaos ^a   Balkanski, Yves ^a   Cozic, Anne ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL AREA; CYTOGENETIC DAMAGE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; NATURAL BACKGROUNDS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS;

ACCIDENTS; DEPOSITS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RISK PERCEPTION;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADON;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENSITY; DOSIMETRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INHALATION; IRRADIATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUME; POPULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

JAPAN;

MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84878650753     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400372u     Document Type: Article

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