Future projection of radiocesium flux to the ocean from the largest river impacted by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 8408-

  Adhiraga Pratama, Mochamad ^a   Yoneda, Minoru ^a   Shimada, Yoko ^a   Matsui, Yasuto ^a   Yamashiki, Yosuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVER; SEA; WATER POLLUTANT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84922896564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08408     Document Type: Article

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