Comparison of the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents: a review of the environmental impacts

G Steinhauser, A Brandl, TE Johnson - Science of the total environment, 2014 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of the nuclear accidents of Chernobyl and Fukushima are
compared. In almost every respect, the consequences of the Chernobyl accident clearly …

An overview of Fukushima radionuclides measured in the northern hemisphere

P Thakur, S Ballard, R Nelson - Science of the Total Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 resulted in the tragic
accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and subsequently uncontrolled …

Worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident

JE Ten Hoeve, MZ Jacobson - Energy & Environmental Science, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This study quantifies worldwide health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident on
11 March 2011. Effects are quantified with a 3-D global atmospheric model driven by …

Tracking of airborne radionuclides from the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors by European networks

O Masson, A Baeza, J Bieringer… - Environmental …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Radioactive emissions into the atmosphere from the damaged reactors of the Fukushima
Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (NPP) started on March 12th, 2011. Among the various …

Iodine Isotopes in Precipitation: Temporal Responses to 129I Emissions from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

S Xu, SPHT Freeman, X Hou, A Watanabe… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011 has released a large amount
of radionuclides to the atmosphere, and the radioactive plume has been dispersed to a large …

Dispersion of Fukushima radionuclides in the global atmosphere and the ocean

PP Povinec, M Gera, K Holý, K Hirose… - Applied Radiation and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Large quantities of radionuclides were released in March–April 2011 during the accident of
the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant to the atmosphere and the ocean. Atmospheric …

Cesium-137: radio-chemistry, fate, and transport, remediation, and future concerns

MA Ashraf, S Akib, MJ Maah, I Yusoff… - Critical reviews in …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, considerable interest has arisen with regard to the fate and transport of
radionuclides such as iodine-131 (131I), cesium-134 (134Cs), and cesium-137 (137Cs) in …

Analysis of a nuclear accident: fission and activation product releases from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Facility as remote indicators of source identification, extent …

JM Schwantes, CR Orton, RA Clark - Environmental science & …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Researchers evaluated radionuclide measurements of environmental samples taken from
the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility and reported on the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Website …

An overview of current knowledge concerning the health and environmental consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident

AS Aliyu, N Evangeliou, TA Mousseau, J Wu… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
Since 2011, the scientific community has worked to identify the exact transport and
deposition patterns of radionuclides released from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi …

12 years of 7Be and 210Pb in Mt. Cimone, and their correlation with meteorological parameters

L Tositti, E Brattich, G Cinelli, D Baldacci - Atmospheric Environment, 2014 - Elsevier
Simultaneous measurements of airborne radionuclides 7 Be and 210 Pb, together with
aerosol mass load PM 10, have been routinely carried out at the Global WMO-GAW station …