Source term estimation of131I and137Cs discharged from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the atmosphere

Radiation Monitoring and Dose Estimation of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 155-173

  Nagai, Haruyasu ^a   Katata, Genki ^a   Terada, Hiroaki ^a   Chino, Masamichi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

131i; 137Cs; Atmospheric dispersion simulation; Fukushima daiichi; Monitoring data; Nuclear power plant accident; Release rate; Source rerm estimation; Speedi; Wspeedi

Indexed keywords

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

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; RELEASE RATE; SPEEDI; WSPEEDI;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84917692596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-54583-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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