Tritium precipitation in European cities and in Osaka, Japan owing to the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Tritium precipitations in European cities and in Osaka, Japan were analyzed before and after the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident by the time series analysis code Census IIX11 developed by US Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census. Results of this analysis showed no significant tritium precipitation was produced by the accident although marked amounts of other radioactive nuclides were detected in Europe and Japan immediately after the accident.
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Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan.
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Niwa
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D000059:Accidents; D005060:Europe; D007564:Japan; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D014316:Tritium; D014455:Ukraine
D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D014316:Tritium