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Simulation of concentrations of anthropogenic radionuclides in the Japan Sea

Kawamura, Hideyuki  ; Ito, Toshimichi ; Kobayashi, Takuya ; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi  ; Hirose, Naoki*; Togawa, Orihiko 

This study aims to demonstrate many findings in the Japan Sea expeditions by Japan Atomic Energy Agency between 1997 and 2002 making use of an ocean general circulation model. A numerical experiment is performed between 1945 and 2000 with deposition at the sea surface by global fallout as main source of anthropogenic radionuclides. The concentrations of $$^{90}$$Sr and $$^{137}$$Cs in the surface layer are approximately in the range of 1.0-1.5 Bq/m$$^{3}$$ and 2.0-2.5 Bq/m$$^{3}$$ and they exponentially decrease with depth from the sea surface to the sea bottom. Total amounts of $$^{90}$$Sr and $$^{137}$$Cs in the seawater of the Japan Sea are estimated to be about 1.34 PBq (1 PBq = 10$$^{15}$$ Bq) and 2.02 PBq in the numerical experiment, which demonstrates observational estimations in the Japan Sea expeditions. Time series of the total amounts show that they attain the maximums of 4.86 PBq for $$^{90}$$Sr and 7.33 PBq for $$^{137}$$Cs in 1964.

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