Long-range transport of gaseous 131I and other radionuclides from Fukushima accident to Southern Poland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-145

  Mietelski, Jerzy W ^a   Kierepko, Renata ^a   Brudecki, Kamil ^a   Janowski, Paweł ^a,b   Kleszcz, Krzysztof ^a   Tomankiewicz, Ewa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radionuclides; Chernobyl; Fukushima accident; Plutonium; Radioactive fallout; Radiocesium

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CHERNOBYL; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; GAMMA-SPECTROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS; RADIOCESIUM; RADIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CESIUM;

AMERICIUM; AMERICIUM 241; BERYLLIUM 7; CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 240; RAIN;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMERICIUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; IODINE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DRY DEPOSITION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLAND; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOASSAY;

POLAND;

EID: 84897945800     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.03.065     Document Type: Article

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