Detection of radioxenon in Darwin, Australia following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-44

  Orr, Blake ^a   Schöppner, Michael ^b,c   Tinker, Rick ^a   Plastino, Wolfango ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CTBTO; Fukushima Dai ichi; Modelling; Radioxenon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY; CTBTO; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; INTERNATIONAL MONITORING SYSTEMS; RADIOXENON;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

XENON;

INERT GAS; XENON 133;

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; XENON;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRALIA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

CTBTO; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI; MODELLING; RADIOXENON;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AUSTRALIA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84882731529     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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