Plutonium release from Fukushima Daiichi fosters the need for more detailed investigations

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schneider, Stephanie ^a   Walther, Clemens ^a   Bister, Stefan ^a   Schauer, Viktoria ^b   Christl, Marcus ^c   Synal, Hans Arno ^c   Shozugawa, Katsumi ^d   Steinhauser, Georg ^e  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLUTONIUM;

ARTICLE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING;

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84886247530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02988     Document Type: Article

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