Prediction of groundwater contamination with 137Cs and 131I from the Fukushima nuclear accident in the Kanto district

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作者
Ohta, Tomoko [1 ]
Mahara, Yasunori [2 ]
Kubota, Takumi [2 ]
Fukutani, Satoshi [2 ]
Fujiwara, Keiko [2 ]
Takamiya, Koichi [2 ]
Yoshinaga, Hisao [2 ]
Mizuochi, Hiroyuki [3 ]
Igarashi, Toshifumi [1 ]
机构
[1] Hokkaido Univ, Fac Engn, Kita Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608628, Japan
[2] Kyoto Univ, Inst Res Reactor, Kumatori, Osaka 5900494, Japan
[3] Sumiko Resources Explorat & Dev Co Ltd, Ikenohashi, Taitou Ku, Tokyo 1100008, Japan
关键词
Cesium-137; Environmental radioactivity; Fukushima nuclear accident; Iodine-131; Rainwater; SOIL; MIGRATION; NAGASAKI;
D O I
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.017
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
We measured the concentrations of I-131, Cs-134, and Cs-137 released from the Fukushima nuclear accident in soil and rainwater samples collected March 30-31, 2011, in lbaraki Prefecture, Kanto district, bordering Fukushima Prefecture to the south. Column experiments revealed that all I-131 in rainwater samples was adsorbed onto an anion-exchange resin. However, 30% of I-131 was not retained by the resin after it passed through a soil layer, suggesting that a portion of (131)1 became bound to organic matter from the soil. The Cs-137 migration rate was estimated to be approximately 0.6 mm/y in the Kanto area, which indicates that contamination of groundwater by Cs-137 is not likely to occur in rainwater infiltrating into the surface soil after the Fukushima accident. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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