Size distribution of radioactive particles collected at Tokai, Japan 6 days after the nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Miyamoto, Yutaka ^a   Yasuda, Kenichiro ^a   Magara, Masaaki ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

131I; 137Cs; Aerosol; Fission product; Fukushima; Radioactivity ratio

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; CALCULATION RESULTS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; MEDIAN AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; RADIOACTIVE PARTICLES; SHORT-LIVED NUCLIDES;

ACCIDENTS; AEROSOLS; FISSION PRODUCTS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM;

BARIUM 140; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 136; CESIUM 137; CESIUM ION; IODINE 131; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOL; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT; TELLURIUM 129M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; BARIUM; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE; TELLURIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; WET DEPOSITION; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING;

JAPAN;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BARIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; NUCLEAR FISSION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOISOTOPES; TELLURIUM;

EID: 84893479205     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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