An inverse modeling method to assess the source term of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident using gamma dose rate observations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11403-11421

  Saunier, O ^a,d   Mathieu, A ^a   Didier, D ^a   Tombette, M ^a   Quelo D ^a   Winiarek, V ^b,c   Bocquet, M ^b,c  

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

^b EDF R AND D   (France)

^c INRIA   (France)

^d BERTIN TECHNOLOGIES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EMISSION; FALLOUT; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NOBLE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84887400633     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11403-2013     Document Type: Article

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