Topic · Global and Planetary Change
Radioactive contamination and transfer
Radioactive contamination and transfer is a research topic within Global and Planetary Change. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the environmental and health impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, including the release and dispersion of radionuclides such as cesium-137 and iodine-131, contamination of soil and marine environments, uptake of radionuclides by plants, and the long-term consequences on wildlife and human health.
- Fukushima Daiichi
- nuclear accident
- radionuclides
- radioactive contamination
- environmental impacts
- marine radioactivity
- radiocaesium
- soil contamination
- radioactive fallout
- health effects
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -2% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Japan
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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