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Periáñez R, Bezhenar R, Brovchenko I, Jung KT, Kamidara Y, Kim KO, Kobayashi T, Liptak L, Maderich V, Min BI, Suh KS. Fukushima 137Cs releases dispersion modelling over the Pacific Ocean. Comparisons of models with water, sediment and biota data. J Environ Radioact 2019; 198:50-63. [PMID: 30590333 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
A number of marine radionuclide dispersion models (both Eulerian and Lagrangian) were applied to simulate 137Cs releases from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in 2011 over the Pacific at oceanic scale. Simulations extended over two years and both direct releases into the ocean and deposition of atmospheric releases on the ocean surface were considered. Dispersion models included an embedded biological uptake model (BUM). Three types of BUMs were used: equilibrium, dynamic and allometric. Model results were compared with 137Cs measurements in water (surface, intermediate and deep layers), sediment and biota (zooplankton, non-piscivorous and piscivorous fish). A reasonable agreement in model/model and model/data comparisons was obtained.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Periáñez
- Dpt Física Aplicada I, ETSIA, Universidad de Sevilla, Ctra Utrera km 1, 41013, Sevilla, Spain.
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- Institute of Mathematical Machine and System Problems, Glushkov av., 42, Kiev, 03187, Ukraine
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- Institute of Mathematical Machine and System Problems, Glushkov av., 42, Kiev, 03187, Ukraine
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- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, 385, Haeyang-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, 385, Haeyang-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata Shirane, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- ABmerit s.r.o., Hornopotocna 1, 917 01, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Institute of Mathematical Machine and System Problems, Glushkov av., 42, Kiev, 03187, Ukraine
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- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daedeok-Daero, 989-111, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daedeok-Daero, 989-111, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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