Detection of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident radioactive traces in Monaco

Global deposition and transport efficiencies of radioactive species with respect to modelling credibility after Fukushima (Japan, 2011)

“…Fig. 5 depicts the comparison of deposition over Europe using measurements from several research groups (Baeza et al, 2012;Barsanti et al, 2012;Carvalho et al, 2012;Evrard et al, 2012;Ioannidou et al, 2012;Kritidis et al, 2012;Lepp€ anen et al, 2013;Lujaniene et al, 2012;Perrot et al, 2012;Pham et al, 2012;Potiriadis et al, 2013;Povinec et al, 2012). Based upon these few measurements, we conclude that the model shows a good agreement with observations of deposition of 137 Cs.…”

“…These efforts involved either measurements from all over the world (e.g. Masson et al, 2011;McMullin et al, 2012;Paatero et al, 2012;Pham et al, 2012) or employment of atmospheric dispersion modelling (Christoudias and Lelieveld, 2013;Evangeliou et al, 2014;Kristiansen et al, 2012;Stohl et al, 2012).…”

Worldwide isotope ratios of the Fukushima release and early-phase external dose reconstruction

“…Measurements of radionuclides in air and soil worldwide were collated591018192021222324252627282930313233343536. In addition, we use measurements at fourteen sites in Europe summarised in Masson et al15, Bossew et al37 and one site in Ukraine (this study, see Supplementary Table S1).…”

Monitoring rainwater and seaweed reveals the presence of 131I in southwest and central British Columbia, Canada following the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan

“…Airborne 131 I was observed in Europe [4][5][6][7], the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa [8], South Korea [9] and in the northwest United States [10]. Iodine-131 concentrations in rainwater of ≤3.5 Bq/L were reported in Milano, Italy [4], Bordeaux, France [6], and Jeju, South Iodine-131 content in rainwater and seaweed was monitored following the analysis of gamma-ray decay spectra acquired using a shielded high purity germanium (HPGe) detector.…”