External Cesium-137 doses to humans from soil influenced by the Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear power plants accidents: a comparative study

KM Wai, D Krstic, D Nikezic, TH Lin, PKN Yu - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
External exposure to gamma-photon irradiation from soil contamination due to nuclear
power plant (NPP) accidents has significant contribution to human radiation exposure in the …

Global Transport and Deposition of 137Cs Following the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Japan: Emphasis on Europe and Asia Using High–Resolution …

N Evangeliou, Y Balkanski, A Cozic… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that occurred offshore of Japan resulted in an
important loss of life and a serious accident at the nuclear facility of Fukushima. The “hot …

Evaluation of the Relationship between Current Internal 137Cs Exposure in Residents and Soil Contamination West of Chernobyl in Northern Ukraine

Y Kimura, Y Okubo, N Hayashida, J Takahashi… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
After the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, the residents living around the Chernobyl
were revealed to have been internally exposed to 137Cs through the intake of contaminated …

Assessing the Topsoil Contamination of Cesium-137 Environmental Fallout in Konya, Turkey: Spatial Distribution and Analysis

O Günay, S Özden, SA Pehlivanoğlu - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2023 - Springer
Although more than 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl accident, artificial
radionuclides are still present in the soil. Especially, 137Cs is harmful to human health and …

Estimated association between dwelling soil contamination and internal radiation contamination levels after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan

M Tsubokura, S Nomura, K Sakaihara, S Kato… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Measurement of soil contamination levels has been considered a feasible
method for dose estimation of internal radiation exposure following the Chernobyl disaster …

Cesium-137 deposition and contamination of Japanese soils due to the Fukushima nuclear accident

TJ Yasunari, A Stohl, RS Hayano… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
The largest concern on the cesium-137 (137Cs) deposition and its soil contamination due to
the emission from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) showed up after a …

Vertical distribution and estimated doses from artificial radionuclides in soil samples around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing …

Y Taira, N Hayashida, R Tsuchiya, H Yamaguchi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
For the current on-site evaluation of the environmental contamination and contributory
external exposure after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) and the …

Artificial radioactivity in environmental media (air, rainwater, soil, vegetation) in Austria after the Fukushima nuclear accident

G Steinhauser, S Merz, D Hainz, JH Sterba - Environmental Science and …, 2013 - Springer
Several environmental media in Austria were monitored for artificial radionuclides released
during the Fukushima nuclear accident. Air (up to 1.2 mBq/m 3 particulate 131 I) and …

Preliminary assessment of ecological exposure of adult residents in Fukushima Prefecture to radioactive cesium through ingestion and inhalation

A Koizumi, KH Harada, T Niisoe, A Adachi… - … health and preventive …, 2012 - Springer
Objective This study aims to estimate the ecological exposure of adult residents of
Fukushima Prefecture to 134 cesium (Cs) and 137 Cs through ingestion and inhalation …

Depth distribution of cesium-137 in paddy fields across the Fukushima pollution plume in 2013

H Lepage, O Evrard, Y Onda, I Lefèvre… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Large quantities of radiocesium were deposited across a 3000 km 2 area northwest of the
Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant after the March 2011 accident. Although many …