Estimation of the caesium-137 source term from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant using a consistent joint assimilation of air concentration and deposition observations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 268-279

  Winiarek, Victor ^a,b   Bocquet, Marc ^a,b   Duhanyan, Nora ^a   Roustan, Yelva ^a   Saunier, Olivier ^c   Mathieu, Anne ^c  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b INRIA   (France)

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

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Data assimilation; Fukushima accident; Source estimation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CESIUM; DATA PROCESSING; ERRORS; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DATA ASSIMILATION; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; SOURCE ESTIMATION;

ESTIMATION;

CESIUM 137;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DEPOSITION; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DRY DEPOSITION; FALLOUT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; WET DEPOSITION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84887392619     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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