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T W Bowyer1, S R Biegalski, M Cooper, P W Eslinger, D Haas, J C Hayes, H S Miley, D J Strom, V Woods.
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We report on the first measurements of short-lived gaseous fission products detected outside of Japan following the Fukushima nuclear releases, which occurred after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. The measurements were conducted at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), (46°16'47″N, 119°16'53″W) located more than 7000 km from the emission point in Fukushima Japan (37°25'17″N, 141°1'57″E). First detections of (133)Xe were made starting early March 16, only four days following the earthquake. Maximum concentrations of (133)Xe were in excess of 40 Bq/m(3), which is more than ×40,000 the average concentration of this isotope is this part of the United States. 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21530026 DOI： 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.04.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Environ Radioact ISSN： 0265-931X Impact factor: 2.674