A regional simulation study on dispersion of nuclear pollution from the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1513-1524

  Fei, JianFang ^a   Wang, PengFei ^a,b   Cheng, XiaoPing ^a   Huang, XiaoGang ^a   Wang, YiBai ^c  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DALIAN NAVAL ACADEMY   (China)

^c 61741 Troops of PLA ^*  (China)

Author keywords

dispersion and transport; Fukushima; numerical simulation; radioactive pollutant

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; SITE SELECTION; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION AND TRANSPORT; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WET DEPOSITION;

CALIFORNIA; FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); TOHOKU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903132389     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4811-2     Document Type: Article

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