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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-381-101-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-381-101-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Temporal trends of 137Cs activity concentration in pond waters in the vicinity of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant
Yoshifumi Wakiyama
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Alexei Konoplev
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Toshihiro Wada
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Tsugiko Takase
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Yasunori Igarashi
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Kenji Nanba
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University,
Fukushima, 960-1296, Japan
Ian Byrnes
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management,
Norwegian University of Life Science, Aas, 1430, Norway
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