Measurements of radiocesium in animals, plants and fungi in Svalbard after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster

被引:5
作者
Mezaki, Yoshihiro [1 ]
Kato, Shigeaki [2 ]
Nishikawa, Osamu [3 ]
Takashima, Isao [4 ]
Tsubokura, Masaharu [5 ]
Minowa, Haruka [6 ]
Asakura, Tadashi [6 ]
Matsuura, Tomokazu [1 ]
Senoo, Haruki [7 ,8 ]
机构
[1] Jikei Univ, Sch Med, Dept Lab Med, Tokyo, Japan
[2] Iwaki Meisei Univ, Ctr Reg Cooperat, Fukushima, Japan
[3] Akita Univ, Grad Sch Int Resource Sci, Dept Earth Resource Sci, Akita, Japan
[4] Akita Univ, Akita, Japan
[5] Soma Cent Hosp, Dept Radiat Protect, Fukushima, Japan
[6] Jikei Univ, Sch Med, Radioisotope Res Facil, Tokyo, Japan
[7] Akita Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cell Biol & Morphol, Akita, Japan
[8] Social Welf Corp Keijinkai, Hlth Ctr Elderly Kurakake No Sato, Akita, Japan
关键词
Environmental science; Environmental radioactivity; Water pollution; Bioaccumulation; Aquatic biology; Quality of life; Svalbard; Arctic; Cesium; Radioactivity; Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDES; TRANSPORT; REINDEER; RISK; DEPOSITION; ACCIDENT; CARIBOU; CESIUM; CS-137;
D O I
10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03051
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
An earthquake struck the eastern part of Japan on March 11, 2011. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was severely damaged by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, leading to the emission of large amounts of radioactive pollutants, including Cs-134 and Cs-137, into the environment. From August 23 to September 1 in 2011, and from August 27 to September 4 in 2013, we collected samples of animals, plants, fungi and lichens from Svalbard, Norway and measured the radioactivity of Cs-134 and Cs-137 contained in the samples. Though no radioactivity of Cs-134, which has a half-life of approximately 2 years, was observed, radioactivity of Cs-137, which has a half-life of approximately 30 years, was observed in some samples of lichens and fungi. We failed to detect the radioactivity of Cs-134 in any of the samples we collected, therefore, it was impossible to say clearly that the radioactivity is derived from Fukushima or not. Nevertheless, the radioactivity data documented in this report are a useful reference for the future surveys of radioactivity within the Arctic.
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