Radiocesium concentrations in the bark, sapwood and heartwood of three tree species collected at Fukushima forests half a year after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-42

  Kuroda, Katsushi ^a   Kagawa, Akira ^a   Tonosaki, Mario ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bark; Fukushima Dai ichi nuclear power plant; Heartwood; Radiocesium; Sapwood; Stemwood

Indexed keywords

BARK; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; HEARTWOOD; RADIOCESIUM; SAPWOOD; STEMWOODS;

DEPOSITION; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137;

BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRANSLOCATION; TREE; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOREST; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; NONHUMAN; OAK; PINE; PLANT STEM; WOOD;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; PINUS; QUERCUS; RADIATION MONITORING; TREES; WOOD;

BARK; CESIUM; DEPOSITION; HEART WOOD; JAPAN; POWER PLANTS; SAP WOOD; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 84875583618     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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