Radiocesium distribution in sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) in Eastern Japan: Translocation from needles to pollen

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 139, Issue , 2015, Pages 398-406

  Kanasashi, Tsutomu ^a   Sugiura, Yuki ^a   Takenaka, Chisato ^a   Hijii, Naoki ^a   Umemura, Mitsutoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium 137; Fukushima Dai ichi Nuclear Power Plant; Sugi male flowers; Sugi needles; Sugi pollen

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOGRAPHY;

CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOCESIUM CONTAMINATION; SUGI MALE FLOWERS; SUGI POLLEN;

NEEDLES;

CESIUM 137; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; CESIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLEN; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; TRANSLOCATION;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MALE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLANT STRUCTURES; POLLEN; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION MONITORING;

ACCIDENTS; NEEDLES; POLLEN; POWER PLANTS;

FUKUSHIMA [TOHOKU]; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CRYPTOMERIA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; PLANT LEAVES; POLLEN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT;

EID: 84918837379     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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