An estimation of the radioactive 35S emitted into the atmospheric from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by using a numerical simulation global transport

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 335-339

  Danielache, Sebastian O ^a   Yoshikawa, Chisato ^a   Priyadarshi, Antra ^b   Takemura, Toshihiko ^c   Ueno, Yuichiro ^a   Thiemens, Mark H ^b   Yoshida, Naohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; Global transport model; Radioactive isotopes; SPRINTARS; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; SULFATE;

CALIFORNIA; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; LA JOLLA; SAN DIEGO; TOHOKU; TSUKUBA; UNITED STATES; YOKOHAMA;

EID: 84882247957     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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