Translocation of radiocesium from stems and leaves of plants and the effect on radiocesium concentrations in newly emerged plant tissues

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-69

  Tagami, Keiko ^a   Uchida, Shigeo ^a   Ishii, Nobuyoshi ^a   Kagiya, Shigeo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Department of Engineering and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium 134; Cesium 137; Herbaceous plant; Root uptake; Translocation; Tree

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CESIUM-134; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; ROOT UPTAKE; TRANSLOCATION; TREE;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; FORESTRY; HISTOLOGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CESIUM; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYTOLOGY; HERB; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; ROOT SYSTEM; STEM; TEA; TRANSLOCATION; WOODY PLANT;

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS; ARTICLE; FRUIT; LOQUAT; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERSIMMON; PETASITES HYBRIDUS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; RED CLOVER; SUNFLOWER; TEA; WOODY PLANT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JAPAN; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TIME FACTORS; TSUNAMIS;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER; PLANTS; POWER PLANTS; TISSUE; TREES;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84861994560     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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