論文

2020年11月

Isolation, characterization and source analysis of radiocaesium micro-particles in soil sample collected from vicinity of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • Fumiya Futagami
  • ,
  • Mohamed Soliman
  • ,
  • Koichi Takamiya
  • ,
  • Shun Sekimoto
  • ,
  • Yuichi Oki
  • ,
  • Takumi Kubota
  • ,
  • Mitsuyuki Konno
  • ,
  • Satoshi Mizuno
  • ,
  • Tsutomu Ohtsuki

223-224
開始ページ
106388
終了ページ
106388
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106388
出版者・発行元
Elsevier BV

Radioactive caesium was released during the accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) into the surrounding environment. In the current work, radiocaesium micro-particles (CsMPs) and radiocaesium-rich soil particles were selectively separated from soil particles as well as from each other using autoradiography-based procedure. The applied separation scheme is based on water dilution followed by drying of the soil sample prior to imaging plate autoradiography. The SEM/EDS investigation of the individual CsMPs showed that these particles have a silicate glass structure and vary in shape with a diameter less than 10 mu m For the first time, a two-stage formation mechanism was suggested for a CsMP based on shape and structure heterogeneity of its two parts. Perfect spherical core might be formed in the first stage with a remarkable lower content of Al, and relatively higher concentrations of Si and K than an outer angulated structure, which might be attached to the core sphere during a late stage.The radiocaesium-rich soil particles have bigger size than CsMPs and have a plate-like structure with cleavages inside the grains, which suggest that these particles might be a weathered biotite. The average radioactivity ratio of Cs-134/Cs-137 (dated March 11, 2011) in the investigated particles was found to be 1.05 +/- 0.01, which confirmed that the radiocaesium in CsMPs and in the contaminated soil particles has the same source of origin, which could be unite 3 of FDNPP.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106388
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000576119800001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106388
  • ISSN : 0265-931X
  • eISSN : 1879-1700
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000576119800001

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