Emission of spherical cesium-bearing particles from an early stage of the Fukushima nuclear accident

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Adachi, Kouji ^a   Kajino, Mizuo ^a   Zaizen, Yuji ^a   Igarashi, Yasuhito ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; MICROSPHERE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT;

EID: 84884176989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02554     Document Type: Article

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