Outline of the national mapping projects implemented after the Fukushima accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-249

  Saito, Kimiaki ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Database; Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident; Large scale environmental monitoring; Migration study; National mapping projects; Prediction models

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEASONS;

EID: 84914094594     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.10.009     Document Type: Editorial

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