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Concentration of (3)H in plants around Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station

A large amount of radionuclides was released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) following the damage caused by the tsunami due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. Although many radionuclides in various environmental samples around the FDNPS have been measured,...

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Autores principales: Kakiuchi, Hideki, Akata, Naofumi, Hasegawa, Hidenao, Ueda, Shinji, Tokonami, Shinji, Yamada, Masatoshi, Hosoda, Masahiro, Sorimachi, Atsuyuki, Tazoe, Hirofumi, Noda, Kaori, Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi
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Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23230512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00947
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author Kakiuchi, Hideki
Akata, Naofumi
Hasegawa, Hidenao
Ueda, Shinji
Tokonami, Shinji
Yamada, Masatoshi
Hosoda, Masahiro
Sorimachi, Atsuyuki
Tazoe, Hirofumi
Noda, Kaori
Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi
author_facet Kakiuchi, Hideki
Akata, Naofumi
Hasegawa, Hidenao
Ueda, Shinji
Tokonami, Shinji
Yamada, Masatoshi
Hosoda, Masahiro
Sorimachi, Atsuyuki
Tazoe, Hirofumi
Noda, Kaori
Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi
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description A large amount of radionuclides was released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) following the damage caused by the tsunami due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. Although many radionuclides in various environmental samples around the FDNPS have been measured, (3)H in the terrestrial environment has not yet been reported. We present here the first survey results of (3)H concentrations in plant samples collected around the FDNPS in 2011 from shortly after the accident. The free-water (3)H concentrations in herbaceous plant shoots and evergreen tree leaves were considerably higher than the previous background concentration, and diminished with distance from the FDNPS. Although reconstruction of atmospheric (3)H concentrations after the accident is difficult, a rough estimate of the radiation dose due to (3)H inhalation about 20 km from the FDNPS is on the order of a few microsieverts (μSv).
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spelling pubmed-35179762012-12-10 Concentration of (3)H in plants around Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station Kakiuchi, Hideki Akata, Naofumi Hasegawa, Hidenao Ueda, Shinji Tokonami, Shinji Yamada, Masatoshi Hosoda, Masahiro Sorimachi, Atsuyuki Tazoe, Hirofumi Noda, Kaori Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi Sci Rep Article A large amount of radionuclides was released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) following the damage caused by the tsunami due to the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. Although many radionuclides in various environmental samples around the FDNPS have been measured, (3)H in the terrestrial environment has not yet been reported. We present here the first survey results of (3)H concentrations in plant samples collected around the FDNPS in 2011 from shortly after the accident. The free-water (3)H concentrations in herbaceous plant shoots and evergreen tree leaves were considerably higher than the previous background concentration, and diminished with distance from the FDNPS. Although reconstruction of atmospheric (3)H concentrations after the accident is difficult, a rough estimate of the radiation dose due to (3)H inhalation about 20 km from the FDNPS is on the order of a few microsieverts (μSv). Nature Publishing Group 2012-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3517976/ /pubmed/23230512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00947 Text en Copyright © 2012, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Kakiuchi, Hideki
Akata, Naofumi
Hasegawa, Hidenao
Ueda, Shinji
Tokonami, Shinji
Yamada, Masatoshi
Hosoda, Masahiro
Sorimachi, Atsuyuki
Tazoe, Hirofumi
Noda, Kaori
Hisamatsu, Shun'ichi
Concentration of (3)H in plants around Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
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title_full Concentration of (3)H in plants around Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
title_fullStr Concentration of (3)H in plants around Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
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title_short Concentration of (3)H in plants around Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station
title_sort concentration of (3)h in plants around fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power station
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3517976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23230512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00947
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