Estimation of the radioactive source dispersion from Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 358-361

  Schöppner, Michael ^a,b   Plastino, Wolfango ^a,b   Povinec, Pavel ^c   Nikkinen, Mika ^d   Ruggieri, Federico ^b   Bella, Francesco ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^d International Data Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport modeling; Fukushima; Source term; Xenon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; LEAST SQUARE ERROR METHOD; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RADIOACTIVE SOURCES; REMOTE MEASUREMENT; SOURCE TERMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; XENON;

MODELS;

CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; XENON 133;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROCESSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODELING; FUKUSHIMA; SOURCE TERM; XENON;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, RADIOACTIVE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84883461911     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.03.070     Document Type: Article

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