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CoSiYamauchi, Hiroki; Sari, D. P.*; Yasui, Yukio*; Sakakura, Terutoshi*; Kimura, Hiroyuki*; Nakao, Akiko*; Ohara, Takashi; Honda, Takashi*; Kodama, Katsuaki; Igawa, Naoki; et al.
Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013144_1 - 013144_9, 2024/02
Watanabe, Takayoshi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*; Ito, Satomi
KEK Proceedings 2019-2, p.114 - 119, 2019/11
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).Ito, Satomi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*
KEK Proceedings 2019-2, p.132 - 137, 2019/11
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Watanabe, Takayoshi; Oyama, Takuya; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Sasaki, Yoshito
KEK Proceedings 2017-6, p.122 - 126, 2017/11
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Sasaki, Yoshito; Ishii, Yasuo; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Niizato, Tadafumi
The Horticulture Journal, 86(2), p.139 - 144, 2017/04
To examine the translocation of radiocesium (Cs) scattered by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that occurred in March 2011 to the Japanese chestnut, we investigated the autoradiography and radiocesium concentration in each part of the Japanese chestnut. The Japanese chestnut fruit has a thin skin between the kernel (cotyledons) and shell; the kernel of the fruit is edible. 
Cs concentration in each part of the fruit was found to be almost the same at about 1.0
10
Bq
kg
. Radiocesium concentration in chestnut weevil larvae found on the fruit was approximately one-seventh of that in the kernel.
Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Sasaki, Yoshito; Ishii, Yasuo; Watanabe, Takayoshi
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 161, p.11 - 21, 2016/09
Times Cited Count：32 Percentile：66.84(Environmental Sciences)Estimations of radiocesium input and output budgets concerning the forest floor in a mountain forest region have been conducted in the north and central part of the Abukuma Mountains of Fukushima, after 2 to 3 year period following the TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. The radiocesium input and output associated with surface washoff, throughfall, stemflow, and litterfall processes at the experimental plots have been monitored on a forest floor of evergreen Japanese cedar and deciduous Konara oak forests. The results at both monitoring locations show the radiocesium input to be 4-50 times higher than the output during the rainy season in Fukushima. These results indicate that the radiocesium tend to be preserved in the forest ecosystem due to extremely low output ratios. Thus, the associated fluxes throughout the circulation process are key issues for the projecting the environmental fate of the radiocesium levels.
) contaminated by radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accidentSasaki, Yoshito; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 161, p.58 - 65, 2016/09
Times Cited Count：18 Percentile：43.92(Environmental Sciences)We report the behavior of radiocesium on the tree bark and its transfer into the stemflow of chestnut in a forest in Fukushima. The radiocesium concentration is greatest in 
2-cm stem, less in 
5-mm stem, and least in the leaves. In the 2-cm stem, the radiocesium concentration of the bark was approximately 10 times that of wood. The average Cs-137 concentration of the dissolved fraction of stem flow was about 10 Bq/L; the pH was nearly constant at 5.8. A strong positive correlation was observed between the radiocesium concentration and the electrical conductivity of the dissolved fraction of stemflow; this result suggests that radiocesium and electrolytes have the same elution mechanism from the tree. Some of the particles in the particulate fraction of the stem flow was strongly adsorbed radiocesium.
Suzuki, Yohei*; Konno, Yuta*; Fukuda, Akari*; Komatsu, Daisuke*; Hirota, Akinari*; Watanabe, Katsuaki*; Togo, Yoko*; Morikawa, Noritoshi*; Hagiwara, Hiroki; Aosai, Daisuke*; et al.
PLOS ONE (Internet), 9(12), p.e113063_1 - e113063_20, 2014/12
Times Cited Count：14 Percentile：37.15(Multidisciplinary Sciences)We present multi-isotopic evidence of microbially mediated sulfate reduction in a granitic aquifer, a representative of the terrestrial crust habitat. Deep groundwater of meteoric origin was collected from underground boreholes drilled into the Cretaceous Toki granite, central Japan. A large sulfur isotopic fractionation of 20-60 permil diagnostic to microbial sulfate reduction is associated with the investigated groundwater containing sulfate below 0.2 mM. In contrast, a small carbon isotopic fractionation ( 30 permil) is not indicative of methanogenesis. Our results demonstrate that the deep biosphere in the terrestrial crust is metabolically active and playing a crucial role in the formation of reducing groundwater even under low energy fluxes.
Yanagi, Hiroshi*; Watanabe, Takumi*; Kodama, Katsuaki; Iikubo, Satoshi*; Shamoto, Shinichi; Kamiya, Toshio*; Hirano, Masahiro*; Hosono, Hideo*
Journal of Applied Physics, 105(9), p.093916_1 - 093916_8, 2009/05
Times Cited Count：48 Percentile：82.57(Physics, Applied)Electronic and magnetic properties of a layered compound LaMnPO are examined in relation to a newly discovered iso-structural superconductor LaFeAs(P)O. Neutron diffraction measurements, together with temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility, clarify that LaMnPO is an antiferromagnet at least up to 375 K. The spin moment of a Mn ion is determined to be 2.26 
at room temperature, and the spin configuration is antiparallel in the Mn-P plane and parallel to between the Mn-P planes, which is rather different from that of LaFeAsO. Optical absorption spectra, photoemission spectra, and temperature dependent electrical conductivity indicate that LaMnPO is a semiconductor. Furthermore, nominally undoped LaMnPO exhibits 
-type conduction while the conduction type is changed by doping of Cu or Ca to the La sites, indicating that LaMnPO is a bipolar conductor. Density functional calculation using the GGA+U approximation supports the above conclusions; the electronic band structure has an open band gap and the antiferromagnetic spin configuration is more stable than the ferromagnetic one.
Miyabe, Masabumi; Oba, Masaki; Iimura, Hideki; Akaoka, Katsuaki; Maruyama, Yoichiro; Wakaida, Ikuo; Watanabe, Kazuo
AIP Conference Proceedings 1104, p.30 - 35, 2009/03
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Miyabe, Masabumi; Oba, Masaki; Iimura, Hideki; Akaoka, Katsuaki; Maruyama, Yoichiro; Wakaida, Ikuo; Watanabe, Kazuo
JAEA-Research 2008-056, 24 Pages, 2008/06
JAEA-Research-2008-056.pdf:5.1MB
For remote isotope analysis of low-decontaminated TRU fuel, we are developing an analytical technique on the basis of the resonance absorption spectroscopy for the laser-ablation plume. To improve isotopic selectivity and detection sensitivity of this technique, we measured absorption spectra of Gd atom with various conditions. As a result, high resolution spectrum was obtained from the observation of slow component of the plume produced under low-pressure rare-gas ambient. The observed narrowest linewidth of about 0.85 GHz was found to be close to the Doppler width estimated for Gd atom of room temperature. Furthermore, relaxation rate of higher meta-stable state was found to be faster than that of ground state, suggesting that use of the transition arising from ground state or lower meta-stable state is preferable for highly sensitive isotope analysis.
Niizato, Tadafumi; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*; Sasaki, Yoshito; Ito, Satomi; Abe, Hironobu
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An understanding of long-term environmental dynamics of radiocesium, which is released by the TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, is a key issue for predicting the future radiocesium distribution and forest products radioactivity in a forested environment, especially Cs with half-life of 30 years. We compiled the five-years monitoring results of radiocesium input-output budgets in broad-leaved deciduous forests and Japanese cedar evergreen forests of the Abukuma Mountains, Fukushima, Japan. The input-output rates were a few percent of the radiocesium inventory of the monitoring site. In addition, both rates have been decreasing with time. Belowground radiocesium occupied 90% of the total inventory in the Japanese cedar forest on October 2015. The belowground radiocesium was distributed mainly in the topsoil of 0-6 cm depth, approximately 70-80% of the underground inventory on August 2016. These results indicate that the distribution of radiocesium in the forest is similar to the distribution of tree rootlet responsible for absorption of inorganic elements, nutrients, and water. This means long residence time of radiocesium in rooting zone. In the condition of the limited amount of radiocesium input-output rates in the forest, estimation of the migration flux of radiocesium from forest floor to the forest products are considered to be most important issues in the present.
Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*; Ito, Satomi; Watanabe, Takayoshi
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Watanabe, Katsuaki*; Yamamoto, Yuhei; Aosai, Daisuke; Mizuno, Takashi; Takeno, Naoto*; Kogure, Toshihiro*; Suzuki, Yohei*
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Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Ishii, Yasuo; Sasaki, Yoshito; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Kitamura, Akihiro; Yamaguchi, Masaaki
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This paper presents outflow characteristics of Cs-137 in mountainous forest of the Abukuma Mountains, Fukushima, during 2013-2014. Cs-137 deposition via throughfall, stemflow, and litterfall processes was estimated to be on the order of 10
Bq m
, and the outflow of Cs-137 via surface washoff was estimated to be on the order of 10
Bq m from April 2013 to December 2014 in the experimental plots installed in deciduous broad-leaved and cedar forests in the Abukuma Mountains. Cs-137 inventories of forest soil down to a level of 1 cm were decreasing in ridge and valley-bottom soil during the period from December 2012 to October 2014. The inventories in mountain slope showed both decreasing and increasing tendencies because of the heterogeneous transportation of Cs-137 via surface washoff on the slope. The results of outflow rate simulations using the SACT model developed in the Japan Atomic Energy Agency indicate decreasing tendency accompanied with a deeper penetration of Cs-137 into soil profile. Thus, the forest floor in the mountainous forest seems to be a sink of radiocesium contamination rather than a source for the contamination of the other ecosystems.
Watanabe, Takayoshi; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Mitachi, Katsuaki*
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Abe, Hironobu; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Sasaki, Yoshito
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Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Ishii, Yasuo; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Mitachi, Katsuaki
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Environmental dynamics of radiocaesium and its outflow flux are crusial issues for the remediation of the Fukushima environment affected by contamination of the fall out of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. This paper presents the current status of field investigation and monitoring related to the dynamics and outflow flux of radiocaesium in the mountation forest, Abukuma Mountains, Fukushima, Japan.
Watanabe, Takayoshi; Oyama, Takuya; Ishii, Yasuo; Niizato, Tadafumi; Abe, Hironobu; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Sasaki, Yoshito
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Ito, Satomi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*
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