Size distribution studies of 137Cs in river water in the Abukuma Riverine system following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-389

  Sakaguchi, Aya ^a   Tanaka, Kazuya ^b   Iwatani, Hokuto ^a   Chiga, Haruka ^a   Fan, Qiaohui ^a   Onda, Yuichi ^c   Takahashi, Yoshio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Abukuma River system; Fukushima; Particle and molecular size fractionation; Suspended solids; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RIVERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; MOLECULAR SIZE FRACTIONATION; OBSERVATION PERIOD; RIVER SYSTEMS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

CESIUM 137; FULVIC ACID; MINERAL; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER WATER; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; FALLOUT; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RANGELAND; RIVER; SAND; SEDIMENT; SURFACE SOIL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; WATERSHED; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUKUMA RIVER; FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; KUCHIBUTO RIVER; TOHOKU;

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

EID: 84918838767     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.05.011     Document Type: Article

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