Fukushima radionuclides in Vilnius/Lithuania aerosols: Modelling of aerosol transport

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 330-334

  Lujaniene, G ^a   Bycenkiene S ^a   Povinec, P P ^b  

^a CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

131I 137Cs; 132Te 129mTe; 134Cs 137Cs; 137Cs 136Cs; Fukushima accident; Modelling of aerosol transport

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY RATIOS; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; DILUTION EFFECT; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; MEASUREMENTS OF;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; TE129M; TE132; TELLURIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; LITHUANIA; MAXIMUN ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

(131)I/(137)CS; (132)TE/(129M)TE; (134)CS/(137)CS; (137)CS/(136)CS; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT; MODELLING OF AEROSOL TRANSPORT;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; LITHUANIA; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883450900     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.03.072     Document Type: Article

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