Predicting the long-term 137Cs distribution in Fukushima after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident: A parameter sensitivity analysis

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-146

  Yamaguchi, Masaaki ^a   Kitamura, Akihiro ^a   Oda, Yoshihiro ^a   Onishi, Yasuo ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fukushima Dai ichi nuclear power plant; Soil erosion; Transport

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FORECASTING; LAKES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SOILS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

RIVERS;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OUTFLOW; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; LAKE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL EROSION; ANALYSIS; RADIATION MONITORING; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUKUMA RIVER; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84900815717     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.04.011     Document Type: Article

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