Paddy-field contamination with 134Cs and 137Cs due to Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and soil-to-rice transfer coefficients

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 59-64

  Endo, Satoru ^a   Kajimoto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Shizuma, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident; Soil to rice; Transfer coefficient

Indexed keywords

BROWN RICE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT; PADDY FIELDS; POLISHED RICE; RADIOACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; RICE BRANS; RICE CROPS; RICE EARS; RICE PADDY; RICE PLANTS; SOIL CORES; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PADDY FIELD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVITY; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PADDY FIELD; PLANT ROOT; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; STRAW; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT ROOTS; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84867743021     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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