Mineralogical and geomicrobial examination of soil contamination by radioactive Cs due to 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 58-60, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-67

  Akai, Junji ^a   Nomura, Nao ^a   Matsushita, Shin ^a   Kudo, Hisaaki ^a   Fukuhara, Haruo ^a   Matsuoka, Shiro ^a   Matsumoto, Jinko ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukushima Meisei High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial sorption; Cesium; Fukushima; Leaves; Recirculation; TEM

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; LEAVES; RECIRCULATIONS; SOLID ORGANIC MATTER; SORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS;

ACCIDENTS; BACTERIA; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTS; KAOLINITE; MICA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; SERPENTINE; SOIL POLLUTION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PHYLLOSILICATE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SORPTION; ZEOLITE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERYTHROPOLIS; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 84878988542     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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