Improvement of estimation of I concentrations in the air using data measured by monitoring posts applied by determination of passing-through time of plume using noble gas counts

Yamada, Junya; Hashimoto, Makoto; Seya, Natsumi; Haba, Risa; Muto, Yasunobu; Shimizu, Takehiko; Takasaki, Koji; Yokoyama, Sumi*; Shimo, Michikuni*

Hoken Butsuri, 52(1), p.5 - 12, 2017/03

https://doi.org/10.5453/jhps.52.5

The purpose of this study is to improve a quick method for estimation of I concentrations in the air using data measured by monitoring posts in case that a nuclear disaster occurs. In this method, I concentrations were estimated by multiplying I count rates of cloud-shine measured with NaI (Tl) detector by concentration conversion factor. A previous study suggested that it was difficult to determine passing-through time of plume from temporal change of I count rates or dose rate. Our study applies the method for estimating passing-through time of plume from temporal change of noble gas counts. The I concentrations in the air at Oarai center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were estimated by proposal technique. The result of comparison of this method with sampling method for I concentrations in the air were within factor 3.

Environmental radiation monitoring resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, conducted by Oarai Research and Development Center, JAEA; Results of ambient gamma-ray dose rate, atmospheric radioactivity and meteorological observation

Yamada, Junya; Seya, Natsumi; Haba, Risa; Muto, Yasunobu; Numari, Hideyuki*; Sato, Naomitsu*; Nemoto, Koji*; Takasaki, Hiroichi*; Shimizu, Takehiko; Takasaki, Koji

JAEA-Data/Code 2013-006, 100 Pages, 2013/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2013-006.pdf:12.04MB

This report presents the results of emergency radiation monitoring, including ambient -ray dose rate, atmospheric radioactivity, meteorological observation and estimation of internal exposure resulting from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant triggered by the earthquake off the pacific coast of Tohoku on 11th March 2011, conducted by Oarai Research and Development Center (ORDC), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) from March to May, 2011. ORDC is located in the central part of Ibaraki prefecture and approximately 130 km southwest of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. From around 15th to 21st March, 2011, the ambient -ray dose rate increased and many radioactive nuclides were detected in the atmosphere.

Relation between a defference of an air diffusion for the year and a meteorological observation period at O-arai Centre, JAEA

Seya, Natsumi; Yamada, Junya; Haba, Risa; Muto, Yasunobu; Shimizu, Takehiko; Takasaki, Koji; Nemoto, Koji*; Sato, Naomitsu*

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no abstracts in English

Determination of concentration of radioiodine in plume resulting from the accident at the FDNPP by analysis of pulse-height distributions observed at monitoring posts using the EGS code system

Yamada, Junya; Seya, Natsumi; Haba, Risa; Muto, Yasunobu; Shimizu, Takehiko; Takasaki, Koji; Yokoyama, Sumi*; Shimo, Michikuni*

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no abstracts in English

Study on estimation of I-131 concentrations in atmosphere using measured data by monitoring posts

Yamada, Junya; Seya, Natsumi; Haba, Risa; Muto, Yasunobu; Hashimoto, Makoto; Shimizu, Takehiko; Takasaki, Koji; Yokoyama, Sumi*; Shimo, Michikuni*

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no abstracts in English

Ion-exchange experiments of Nb and Ta in HF/HNO solution for identification of fluoride species of Db

Toyoshima, Atsushi; Mitsukai, Akina; Murakami, Masashi*; Sato, Daisuke*; Motoyama, Risa*; Oe, Kazuhiro*; Komori, Yukiko*; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Asai, Masato; Tsukada, Kazuaki; et al.

no journal, , 

The purpose of the present study is characterization of fluoride complexes of Db. In this study, we investigated anion-exchange behavior of Nb and Ta, lighter homologs of Db, in 1.0-24 M HF/2.0 M HNO solutions as a model experiment of Db. Nb and Ta produced at JAEA tandem accelerator and RIKEN AVF cyclotron, respectively, were prepared as non-carrier-added radiotracers by an ion exchange method. Batch experiments were performed with anion-exchange resin. As a result, distribution coefficients () of Nb showed a sharp increase at 6 M HF while those of Ta had a monotonic decrease as increasing HF concentration. This suggests that Nb forms fluoride complexes from oxy fluoride one at 6 M HF and Ta exists as fluoride complexes under the conditions. It is expected that chemical species of Db fluorides are characterized in its anion-exchange experiments under the present conditions.