Sediment and 137Cs behaviors in the Ogaki Dam Reservoir during a heavy rainfall event

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-17

  Kurikami, Hiroshi ^a   Kitamura, Akihiro ^a   Yokuda, Satoru Thomas ^b   Onishi, Yasuo ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesium; Fukushima Daiichi NPP; Heavy rainfall events; Numerical modeling; Ogaki Dam Reservoir; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CLARIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; DEPOSITION; NUMERICAL MODELS; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

BEHAVIORAL SIMULATION; DAM RESERVOIRS; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI; HEAVY RAINFALL; IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CESIUM 137; DRINKING WATER; RAIN; RIVER WATER; CESIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; LAKE; RADIATION MONITORING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHUBU; FUKUSHIMA; GIFU; HONSHU; JAPAN; OGAKI; TOHOKU;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84903484311     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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