Modeling of leachable 137Cs in throughfall and stemflow for Japanese forest canopies after Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 701-707

  Loffredo, Nicolas ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Kawamori, Ayumi ^a   Kato, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic; Environment; Initial leachable stock; Kinetics; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; ENZYME KINETICS; LEACHING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOISOTOPES; RAIN; SOILS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; INITIAL LEACHABLE STOCK; MEASURABLE PARAMETERS; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; JAPANESE FOREST; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL;

FORESTRY; DYNAMICS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; RAIN; SNOW; CESIUM; POLLUTANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST CANOPY; FOREST SOIL; LEACHING; POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; REACTION KINETICS; SOIL POLLUTION; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; FOREST DYNAMICS; MODELING; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOLEACHING; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOUBLE EXPONENTIAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; LANDSCAPE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEMFLOW; THROUGHFALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLUME; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVITY; WIND; ANALYSIS; FOREST; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; LEACHING; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RAIN; REACTION KINETICS;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FORESTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84903640488     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.059     Document Type: Article

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