Published September 2012 | Version v1
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Radiological impact in Korea following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Creators

  • 1. Living and Environmental Radioactivity Assessment Laboratory, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety, 62 Gwahak-ro, Yusong-gu, Daejeon 305-338 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The pathway and radiological impact of the radioactive plume released at the Fukushima nuclear accident site on the Korean Peninsula has been studied. On March 28, 2011, only 131I was first observed at all 12 regional monitoring stations in Korea, and the highest activity concentrations in aerosol were 3.12 mBq/m3 for 131I at Gunsan, 1.19 mBq/m3 for 134Cs and 1.25 mBq/m3 for 137Cs at Busan on April 7, 2011. These radionuclides were also detected in dry and wet deposition samples, while the significant increase of 131I, 134Cs and 137Cs activity concentrations were not observed in seawater and marine biota samples.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.10.018

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.10.018;
PII
S0265-931X(11)00264-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Journal Volume
111
Journal Page Range
p. 70-82
ISSN
0265-931X
CODEN
JERAEE

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44100879
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; JAPAN; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.
Notes
Record from MARIS; Source key: 47PGB84Q; Archive location: 590