Release of plutonium isotopes into the environment from the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident: What is known and what needs to be known

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9584-9595

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Tagami, Keiko ^a   Uchida, Shigeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; SPENT FUELS;

ISOTOPES;

FUEL; ISOTOPE; PLUTONIUM;

BIOREACTOR; HEALTH RISK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REACTOR; REVIEW;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLUTONIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84883540772     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402212v     Document Type: Review

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