TY - JOUR
T1 - Micro-PIXE evaluation of radioactive cesium transfer in contaminated soil samples
AU - Fujishiro, F.
AU - Ishii, K.
AU - Matsuyama, S.
AU - Arai, H.
AU - Ishizaki, A.
AU - Osada, N.
AU - Sugai, H.
AU - Kusano, K.
AU - Nozawa, Y.
AU - Yamauchi, S.
AU - Karahashi, M.
AU - Oshikawa, S.
AU - Kikuchi, K.
AU - Koshio, S.
AU - Watanabe, K.
AU - Suzuki, Y.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Micro-PIXE analysis has been performed on two soil samples with high cesium activity concentrations. These soil samples were contaminated by fallout from the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. One exhibits a radioactive cesium transfer of ∼0.01, and the other shows a radioactive cesium transfer of less than 0.001, even though both samples have high cesium activity concentrations exceeding 10,000 Bq/kg. X-ray spectra and elemental images of the soil samples revealed the presence of chlorine, which can react with cesium to produce an inorganic soluble compound, and phosphorus-containing cesium-capturable organic compounds.
AB - Micro-PIXE analysis has been performed on two soil samples with high cesium activity concentrations. These soil samples were contaminated by fallout from the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. One exhibits a radioactive cesium transfer of ∼0.01, and the other shows a radioactive cesium transfer of less than 0.001, even though both samples have high cesium activity concentrations exceeding 10,000 Bq/kg. X-ray spectra and elemental images of the soil samples revealed the presence of chlorine, which can react with cesium to produce an inorganic soluble compound, and phosphorus-containing cesium-capturable organic compounds.
KW - Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
KW - Contaminated soil
KW - Micro-PIXE
KW - Radioactive cesium transfer
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.059
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84888879403
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 318
SP - 99
EP - 101
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
IS - PART A
ER -