Environmental measurement using plastic scintillation fiber after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Sanada, Yukihisa   

For the purpose of environmental radiation measurement, decontamination effect and detection of leakage of radionuclide plastic scintillation fiber (PSF) had been used for the wide area as technique to measure radiation distribution quickly after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that occurred in March, 2011. The PSF can easily measure radiation distribution due to position sensing of radiation source. The PSF was used for the measurement before and after the decontamination by considering features that PSF obtained many point data at one time. The PSF was used for the measurement of radiocesium concentration in sediment of irrigation pond by considering features that PSF has high water resistance. This paper described the principle of PSF and the application example after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.