Methods for Estimating the Atmospheric Radiation Release from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

– Bieringer, P.E., S. Hanna, G. Young, B. Kosovic, J. Hannan, and R. Ohba, 2013 | Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94.

ABSTRACT

A multidisciplinary group of scientists and engineers from academia/private industry/government/national laboratories in the United States, Japan, and Europe convened to discuss the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant incident, observations of the radiation deposition patterns, and methods to use these measurements to better estimate the total radioactive material released into the atmosphere.

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