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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5601-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-5601-2013
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23 Aug 2013
Research article |  | 23 Aug 2013

One-year, regional-scale simulation of 137Cs radioactivity in the ocean following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

D. Tsumune, T. Tsubono, M. Aoyama, M. Uematsu, K. Misumi, Y. Maeda, Y. Yoshida, and H. Hayami

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Aoyama, M., Tsumune, D., and Hamajima, Y.: Distribution of 137Cs and 134Cs in the North Pacific Ocean: impacts of the TEPCO Fukushima-Daiichi NPP accident, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Ch., 296, 535–539, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-2033-2, 2012a.
Aoyama, M., Tsumune, D., Uematsu, M., Kondo, F., and Hamajima, Y.: Temporal variation of 134Cs and 137Cs activities in surface water at stations along the coastline near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident site, Japan, Geochem. J., 46, 321–325, 2012b.
Aoyama, M., Kajino, M., Tanaka, T. Y., Sekiyama, T. T., Tsumune, D., Tsubono, T., Hamajima, Y., Gamo, T., Uematsu, M., Kawano, T., Murata, A., Kumamoto, Y., Fukasawa, M., Chino, M.: North Pacific distribution and budget of radiocesium released by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, http://nsed.jaea.go.jp/ers/environment/envs/FukushimaWS/souhoushutsu.pdf, 2012c (in Japanese).
Aoyama, M., Uematsu, M., Tsumune, D., and Hamajima, Y.: Surface pathway of radioactive plume of TEPCO Fukushima NPP1 released 134Cs and 137Cs, Biogeosciences Discuss., 10, 265–283, https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-10-265-2013, 2013a.
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