Fission product activity ratios measured at trace level over France during the Fukushima accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-16

  De Vismes Ott, A ^a   Gurriaran, R ^a   Cagnat, X ^a   Masson, O ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol filters; Fission products; Fukushima Dai ichi accident; Low level gamma ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL FILTERS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

RADIOISOTOPES;

BARIUM 140; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 136; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; IODINE 132; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM 140; RADIOISOTOPE; TELLURIUM 129; TELLURIUM 129M; TELLURIUM 132; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FILTER; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIONUCLIDE; TELLURIUM; TSUNAMI;

AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FRANCE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HEALTH SURVEY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR SAFETY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

CHERNOBYL; FRANCE; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KIEV [UKRAINE]; TOHOKU; UKRAINE;

AEROSOL FILTERS; FISSION PRODUCTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI ACCIDENT; LOW-LEVEL GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; FRANCE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR FISSION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84884973898     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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