Temporal Change in Radiological Environments on Land after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident |
Saito, Kimiaki
(Japan Atomic Energy Agency)
Mikami, Satoshi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Andoh, Masaki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Matsuda, Norihiro (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Kinase, Sakae (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Tsuda, Shuichi (OECD Nuclear Energy Agency) Sato, Tetsuro (Hitachi Solutions East Japan Ltd.) Seki, Akiyuki (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Sanada, Yukihisa (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Wainwright-Murakami, Haruko (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Yoshimura, Kazuya (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Takemiya, Hiroshi (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Takahashi, Junko (University of Tsukuba) Kato, Hiroaki (University of Tsukuba) Onda, Yuichi (University of Tsukuba) |
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