137Cs trapped by biomass within 20 km of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9612-9618

  Koizumi, Akio ^a   Niisoe, Tamon ^a   Harada, Kouji H ^a   Fujii, Yukiko ^a   Adachi, Ayumu ^a   Hitomi, Toshiaki ^a   Ishikawa, Hirohiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODEL; DOSE RATE; FOREST CANOPIES; FOREST SOILS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SAMPLING POINTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; WASHING;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

BIOMASS; CANOPY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST SOIL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; CANOPY; EVERGREEN; FOREST SOIL; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT;

BIOMASS; CESIUM; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER; POWER PLANTS; SOIL; WASHING;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIOMASS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; OPTICAL IMAGING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84883528526     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401422g     Document Type: Article

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