Determination of local-area distribution and relocation of radioactive cesium in trees from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant by autoradiography analysis

Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 257-266

  Sakamoto, Fuminori ^a   Ohnuki, Toshihiko ^a   Kozai, Naofumi ^a   Yamasaki, Shinya ^a   Yoshida, Zenko ^b   Nanba, Kenji ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b ATOX Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Migration; Radioactive Cs; Radioactive fallout; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; LOCAL AREAS; MIGRATION; NEW BRANCHES; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS; TRANSLOCATION;

ACCIDENTS; FALLOUT; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CESIUM;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER; POWER PLANTS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84890832604     PISSN: 13472879     EISSN: 21862931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3327/taesj.J13.002     Document Type: Article

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