Dynamic modelling of radionuclide uptake by marine biota: Application to the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 502-511

  Vives i Batlle, Jordi ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

D DAT; Dynamic model; Fukushima; Marine environment; Non human biota

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; STRONTIUM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION FACTORS; EQUILIBRIUM APPROACHES; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NON-HUMAN BIOTAS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATES;

DYNAMIC MODELS;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; SEA WATER; STRONTIUM 90; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMONITORING; BIOTA; BIOTURBATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; IODINE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIOTURBATION; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRUSTACEA; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FISH; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; ANALYSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RADIATION MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84924710186     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.02.023     Document Type: Article

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