Detection of 133Xe from the Fukushima nuclear power plant in the upper troposphere above Germany

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-99

  Simgen, Hardy ^a   Arnold, Frank ^a,b   Aufmhoff, Heinfried ^b   Baumann, Robert ^b   Kaether, Florian ^a   Lindemann, Sebastian ^a   Rauch, Ludwig ^a   Schlager, Hans ^b   Schlosser, Clemens ^c   Schumann, Ulrich ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fukushima; Low level gas counting; Radioxenon; Reactor accident; Ultra low background; Xenon 133

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INERT GASES; JET AIRCRAFT; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; TROPOSPHERE;

FUKUSHIMA; LOW-LEVEL GAS COUNTING; RADIOXENON; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; ULTRA LOW BACKGROUNDS; XENON-133;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

RADON 222; XENON 133; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADON; XENON;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DETECTION METHOD; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; XENON;

AIR SAMPLING; AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUME; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; TROPOSPHERE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GERMANY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

GERMANY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ATMOSPHERE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GASES; GERMANY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADON; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84895769814     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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