Low altitude unmanned aerial vehicle for characterising remediation effectiveness following the FDNPP accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-63

  Martin, P G ^a   Payton, O D ^a   Fardoulis, J S ^a   Richards, D A ^a   Yamashiki, Y ^b   Scott, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Fukushima; Gamma spectrometry; Remediation; UAV

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECONTAMINATION; POLLUTION; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REMEDIATION;

AFFECTED AREA; EMITTED RADIATION; FUKUSHIMA; GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; RESOLUTION MAPS; SURVEY METHODS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; TSUNAMI; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPECTROMETER; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; JAPAN; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84942627391     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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