Sensitivity analysis of the modelled deposition of 137Cs on the Japanese land following the Fukushima accident

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 2014, Pages 67-75

  Groëll, Jérôme ^a,b   Quélo, Denis ^a   Mathieu, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b Altran Research   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric dispersion; Caesium; Deposition; Environmental pollution; Fukushima; Japan; Long range transport model; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FUKUSHIMA; JAPAN; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WET DEPOSITION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84914666358     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: 17415101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2014.065906     Document Type: Article

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