Radiocesium concentrations in epigeic earthworms at various distances from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant 6 months after the 2011 accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-13

  Hasegawa, Motohiro ^a   Ito, Masamichi T ^b   Kaneko, Shinji ^a   Kiyono, Yoshiyuki ^a   Ikeda, Shigeto ^a   Makino, Shun'ichi ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SURUGADAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

134Cs; 137Cs; Accumulated litter; Earthworms; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED LITTER; EARTHWORMS; EPIGEIC EARTHWORMS; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS;

CESIUM; FORESTRY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

SOIL POLLUTION;

CESIUM;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EARTHWORM; FALLOUT; FOREST FLOOR; LITTER; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL FAUNA;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; FOREST SOIL; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; LIQUID CULTURE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; NONHUMAN;

CESIUM; FORESTRY; POLLUTION; SOIL;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

(134)CS; (137)CS; ACCUMULATED LITTER; EARTHWORMS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OLIGOCHAETA; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 84882646532     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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