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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJEES-134, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2017/134
Research Article
Sr-90 Deposition Observed in Central and Northeast Honshu Island, Japan, after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Katsumi Hirose

Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
Dr. Katsumi Hirose, Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan; E-mail: hirose45037@mail2.accsnet.ne.jp
20 March 2017; 20 July 2017; 22 July 2017
Hirose K (2017) Sr-90 Deposition Observed in Central and Northeast Honshu Island, Japan, after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Int J Earth Environ Sci 2: 134. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2017/134

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