Dispersion of Fukushima radionuclides in the global atmosphere and the ocean

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 383-392

  Povinec, P P ^a   Gera, M ^a   Holy K ^a   Hirose, K ^b,f   Lujaniene G ^c   Nakano, M ^d   Plastino, W ^e   Sykora I ^a   Bartok, J ^g   Gazak M ^g  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d JPN Atomic Energy Agency   (Japan)

^e ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g Microstep MIS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radioactivity; Fukushima accident; Lagrangian atmospheric modeling; Marine radioactivity; Ocean global circulation model; Radionuclide source terms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARINE RADIOACTIVITY; SOURCE TERMS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CESIUM; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; SURFACE WATER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; WATER MASS; WATER TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENT; LAGRANGIAN ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; MARINE RADIOACTIVITY; OCEAN GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE SOURCE TERMS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ATMOSPHERE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT;

EID: 84883461730     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.03.058     Document Type: Article

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