Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-025-95571-0, published online 07 April 2025
In the original version of this Article, the isotope ‘Iodine-131’ was mistakenly identified as ‘Iodine-139’ in three instances, and the isotope ‘Cesium-137’ was incorrectly identified as ‘Cesium-17’ in one instance.
As a result, in the Results section, where:
“First, WSPEEDI was used to generate the reference dose map of the radioactive plume—i.e., an airborne cloud of radioactive gases, particles, and/or vapors released from a nuclear plant—due to the external exposure to the deposited Iodine-139 and Cesium-137, at ground level. We assumed a source term similar to the release from the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident defined as 2.0E19 Bq/h for the Iodine-139 and 4.0E17 Bq/h for the Cesium-137 over the release time of one hour, according to the study by Ayoub et al.14.”
now reads:
“First, WSPEEDI was used to generate the reference dose map of the radioactive plume—i.e., an airborne cloud of radioactive gases, particles, and/or vapors released from a nuclear plant—due to the external exposure to the deposited Iodine-131 and Cesium-137, at ground level. We assumed a source term similar to the release from the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident defined as 2.0E19 Bq/h for the Iodine-131 and 4.0E17 Bq/h for the Cesium-137 over the release time of one hour, according to the study by Ayoub et al.14.”
And where:
“In this analytical model, we assumed a source term of 2.0E19 Bq for Iodine-139 and 4.0E17 Bq for the Cesium-17, respectively. The plume dispersion parameters σy, σz were selected using the Pasquill-Gifford atmospheric stability class of the region.”
now reads,
“In this analytical model, we assumed a source term of 2.0E19 Bq for Iodine-131 and 4.0E17 Bq for the Cesium-137, respectively. The plume dispersion parameters σy, σz were selected using the Pasquill-Gifford atmospheric stability class of the region.”
The original Article has been corrected.