Mass flux analysis of 137Cs plumes emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama; Toshiki Iwasaki

doi:10.1080/16000889.2018.1507390

Mass flux analysis of 137Cs plumes emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 70 (2018): Issue 1

By: Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama and Toshiki Iwasaki

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|Jan 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/16000889.2018.1507390 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 1507390 - 1507390

Submitted on: Mar 6, 2018

Accepted on: Jul 24, 2018

Published on: Jan 1, 2018

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

plume dispersion,

numerical simulation,

mass flux analysis,

radioactive cesium-137,

Fukushima nuclear accident

© 2018 Tsuyoshi Thomas Sekiyama, Toshiki Iwasaki, published by Stockholm University Press
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