Short-term dispersal of Fukushima-derived radionuclides off Japan: modeling efforts and model-data intercomparison

The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that caused a loss of power at the Fukushima nuclear power plants (FNPP) resulted in emission of radioactive isotopes into the atmosphere and the ocean. In June of 2011, an international survey measuring a variety of radionuclide isotopes, including <su...

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Main Authors: I. I. Rypina, S. R. Jayne, S. Yoshida, A. M. Macdonald, E. Douglass, K. Buesseler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-07-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/4973/2013/bg-10-4973-2013.pdf