Atmospheric transport and deposition of radionuclides released after the Fukushima Dai-chi accident and resulting effective dose

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 709-722

  Marzo, Giuseppe A ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Fukushima accident; Lagrangian atmospheric dispersion; Model evaluation; Radioactive materials; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; EFFECTIVE DOSE; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; MODEL EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TSUNAMI;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EUROPE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; VELOCITY; WET DEPOSITION;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; TOHOKU;

EID: 84902346026     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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