Southwest intrusion of 134Cs and 137Cs derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident in the western North Pacific

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3120-3127

  Kaeriyama, Hideki ^a   Shimizu, Yugo ^a   Ambe, Daisuke ^a   Masujima, Masachika ^a   Shigenobu, Yuya ^a   Fujimoto, Ken ^a   Ono, Tsuneo ^a   Nishiuchi, Kou ^b   Taneda, Takeshi ^c   Kurogi, Hiroaki ^d   Setou, Takashi ^a   Sugisaki, Hiroya ^b   Ichikawa, Tadafumi ^a   Hidaka, Kiyotaka ^e   Hiroe, Yutaka ^a   Kusaka, Akira ^a   Kodama, Taketoshi ^a   Kuriyama, Mikiko ^a   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Nakata, Kaoru ^b   Morinaga, Kenji ^a   Morita, Takami ^b   Watanabe, Tomowo ^a   more..

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RADIOISOTOPE; SEA WATER; WATER; CESIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DISPERSION; MODE WATER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ANALYSIS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84899002270     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403686v     Document Type: Article

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