Factors controlling dissolved Cs concentrations in east Japanese rivers

東日本河川における溶存態Cs濃度の制御要因

辻 英樹*; 石井 弓美子*; Shin, M.*; 谷口 圭輔*; 新井 宏受*; 栗原 モモ*; 保高 徹生*; 倉元 隆之*; 中西 貴宏   ; Lee, S*; 信濃 卓郎*; 恩田 裕一*; 林 誠二*

Tsuji, Hideki*; Ishii, Yumiko*; Shin, M.*; Taniguchi, Keisuke*; Arai, Hirotsugu*; Kurihara, Momo*; Yasutaka, Tetsuo*; Kuramoto, Takayuki*; Nakanishi, Takahiro; Lee, S*; Shinano, Takuro*; Onda, Yuichi*; Hayashi, Seiji*

福島第一原子力発電所事故の影響を受けた河川の溶存態放射性セシウム濃度の制御要因を明らかにするため、東日本66箇所の河川で調査を行った。溶存態Cs濃度について流域の平均Cs沈着量・土地利用・土壌組成・地形・水質との関連性を評価した結果、地形的な湿潤指標(TWI)が有意に正の相関を示した。ヨーロッパの河川でも同様の相関が認められるが、日本の河川では湿地帯ではなく市街地が溶存態Cs濃度に強く影響していた。

To investigate the main factors that control the dissolved radiocesium concentration in river water in the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the correlations between the dissolved Cs concentrations at 66 sites normalized to the average Cs inventories for the watersheds with the land use, soil components, topography, and water quality factors were assessed. We found that the topographic wetness index is significantly and positively correlated with the normalized dissolved Cs concentration. Similar positive correlations have been found for European rivers because wetland areas with boggy organic soils that weakly retain Cs are mainly found on plains. However, for small Japanese river watersheds, the building area ratio in the watershed strongly affected the dissolved Cs concentration.