A GIS-based evaluation of the effect of decontamination on effective doses due to long-term external exposures in Fukushima

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1222-1229

  Yasutaka, Tetsuo ^a   Iwasaki, Yumi ^b   Hashimoto, Shizuka ^b   Naito, Wataru ^a   Ono, Kyoko ^a   Kishimoto, Atsuo ^a   Yoshida, Kikuo ^a   Murakami, Michio ^c   Kawaguchi, Isao ^d   Oka, Toshihiro ^e   Nakanishi, Junko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaluation zone; External exposure conversion coefficient; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear Power Plant; Occupancy factor; Radio cesium contamination

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; EXTERNAL RADIATION EXPOSURE; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCCUPANCY FACTOR; RADIO CESIUM; RESTRICTED ZONE;

RADIATION DECONTAMINATION;

DATA ACQUISITION; GIS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BUILDING; FOREST; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAND USE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EVALUATION ZONE; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE CONVERSION COEFFICIENT; FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPANCY FACTOR; RADIO-CESIUM CONTAMINATION;

DECONTAMINATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84885849479     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.06.083     Document Type: Article

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