An extensive study of the concentrations of particulate/dissolved radiocaesium derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in various river systems and their relationship with catchment inventory

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 370-378

  Yoshimura, Kazuya ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^a   Sakaguchi, Aya ^b   Yamamoto, Masayoshi ^c   Matsuura, Yuki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yachiyo Engineering Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident; Inventory; Radiocesium; River water; Solid liquid distribution coefficient

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENT; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI; INVENTORY; RADIOCESIUM; RIVER WATER;

WATER RESOURCES;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; FRESH WATER; PYRAZINAMIDE; RAIN; RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; CESIUM; PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INVENTORY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DESORPTION; DRY WEIGHT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HURRICANE; IONIC STRENGTH; JAPAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; TOHOKU;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84918805239     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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