Mathematical modeling of radioactive contaminants in the Fukushima environment

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 104-118

  Kitamura, Akihiro ^a,b   Kurikami, Hiroshi ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Masaaki ^a,b   Oda, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Saito, Tatsuo ^a,b   Kato, Tomoko ^a,b   Niizato, Tadafumi ^a,b   Iijima, Kazuki ^a,b   Sato, Haruo ^a,b   Yui, Mikazu ^a,b   Machida, Masahiko ^a   Yamada, Susumu ^a   Itakura, Mitsuhiro ^a   Okumura, Masahiko ^a   Onishi, Yasuo ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Geological Isolation Research and Development Directorate   (Japan)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); DISPERSIONS; FORECASTING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOILS;

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; EFFICIENT PREDICTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FIELD INVESTIGATION; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS; TRANSPORTATION MECHANISM; WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEMS;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84923075868     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE13-89     Document Type: Article

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