Distribution and retention of Cs radioisotopes in soil affected by Fukushima nuclear plant accident

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 374-380

  Mishra, Suchismita ^a,b   Arae, Hideki ^a   Sorimachi, Atsuyuki ^c   Hosoda, Masahiro ^d   Tokonami, Shinji ^d   Ishikawa, Tetsuo ^c   Sahoo, Sarata Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cs radioisotopes; Distribution coefficient; FDNPP; Retention; Soil characteristics; Sorption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922003261     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-014-0985-2     Document Type: Article

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