Radioactivity impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on the atmosphere

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 311-322

  Lin, W ^a,b,c,d   Chen, L ^c,d   Yu, W ^c   Ma, H ^a,b   Zeng, Z ^a,b   Lin, J ^e   Zeng, S ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF PARTICLE AND RADIATION IMAGING TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOA Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic   (China)

^d Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^e Guangxi Academy of Oceanography   (China)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Chernobyl nuclear accident; Fukushima nuclear accident; Global fallout; Radiation dose; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FALLOUT; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT; CONCENTRATION LIMITS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; RADIOLOGICAL RISKS; STATE OF THE ART;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FALLOUT; HEALTH RISK; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU];

EID: 84917707336     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.047     Document Type: Article

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