Radiocesium leaching from contaminated litter in forest streams

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 144, Issue , 2015, Pages 15-20

  Sakai, Masaru ^a   Gomi, Takashi ^a   Naito, Risa S ^a   Negishi, Junjiro N ^b   Sasaki, Michiko ^a   Toda, Hiroto ^a   Nunokawa, Masanori ^b   Murase, Kaori ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptomeria japonica; Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident; Japanese cedar; Organic matter; Potassium; Radiation contamination

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MINERALS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MINERALS; POTASSIUM; RIVERS; SILICA SAND;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; JAPANESE CEDARS; JAPANESE FOREST; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; POTASSIUM LEACHING; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CESIUM;

CESIUM; CESIUM 137; MINERAL; POTASSIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; VERMICULITE; WATER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEACHING; LITTERFALL; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; STREAMWATER; WATER COLUMN;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; IMMERSION; JAPANESE CEDAR; LEACHING; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; PLANT LITTER; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; STREAM (RIVER); ANALYSIS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; JAPAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACCIDENTS; CEDAR; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM; POWER PLANTS;

JAPAN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FORESTS; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; JAPAN; POTASSIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84924912897     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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