Enhanced analysis methods to derive the spatial distribution of 131I deposition on the ground by airborne surveys at an early stage after the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident

Health Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-200

  Torii, Tatsuo ^a   Sugita, Takeshi ^a,b   Okada, Colin E ^c   Reed, Michael S ^c   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^d  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Science and System Laboratory Inc   (Japan)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^d NA 511   (United States)

Author keywords

131I; accident, reactor; environmental assessment; monitoring, environmental

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

AIR; ARTICLE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

AIR; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DATA COLLECTION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880248322     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318294444e     Document Type: Article

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