Detailed deposition density maps constructed by large-scale soil sampling for gamma-ray emitting radioactive nuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 308-319

  Saito, Kimiaki ^a   Tanihata, Isao ^b   Fujiwara, Mamoru ^a   Saito, Takashi ^b   Shimoura, Susumu ^c   Otsuka, Takaharu ^c   Onda, Yuichi ^d   Hoshi, Masaharu ^e   Ikeuchi, Yoshihiro ^f   Takahashi, Fumiaki ^a   Kinouchi, Nobuyuki ^a   Saegusa, Jun ^a   Seki, Akiyuki ^a   Takemiya, Hiroshi ^a   Shibata, Tokushi ^g  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f Japan Chemical Analysis Center   (Japan)

^g JPN Radioisotope Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deposition density maps; Fukushima Dai ichi NPP accident; Gamma ray emitting radioactive nuclides; Gamma ray spectrometry; Soil sampling

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOISOTOPE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84914182021     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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