Status of study of long-term assessment of transport of radioactive contaminants in the environment of Fukushima (FY2018) (Translated document)

Nagao, Fumiya; Niizato, Tadafumi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Ito, Satomi; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Dohi, Terumi; Nakanishi, Takahiro; Sakuma, Kazuyuki; Hagiwara, Hiroki; Funaki, Hironori; et al.

JAEA-Research 2020-007, 249 Pages, 2020/10

JAEA-Research-2020-007.pdf:15.83MB

The accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. occurred due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, Sanriku offshore earthquake, of 9.0 magnitude and the accompanying tsunami. As a result, large amount of radioactive materials was released into the environment. Under these circumstances, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been conducting "Long-term Assessment of Transport of Radioactive Contaminants in the Environment of Fukushima" concerning radioactive materials released in environment, especially migration behavior of radioactive cesium since November 2012. This report is a summary of the research results that have been obtained in environmental dynamics research conducted by JAEA in Fukushima Prefecture.

Radiocesium distribution of above- and under-ground parts of wild vegetable ().

Ito, Satomi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Niizato, Tadafumi; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*

KEK Proceedings 2019-2, p.132 - 137, 2019/11

no abstracts in English

Proton-exchange mechanism of specific Cs adsorption lattice defect sites of Prussian blue filled with coordination and crystallization water molecules

Ishizaki, Manabu*; Akiba, Sae*; Otani, Asako*; Hoshi, Yuji*; Ono, Kenta*; Matsuba, Mayu*; Togashi, Takanari*; Kanaizuka, Katsuhiko*; Sakamoto, Masatomi*; Takahashi, Akira*; et al.

Dalton Transactions, 42(45), p.16049 - 16055, 2013/12

https://doi.org/10.1039/c3dt51637g

We have revealed the fundamental mechanism of specific Cs adsorption into Prussian blue (PB) in order to develop high-performance PB-based Cs adsorbents in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident. We compared two types of PB nanoparticles with formulae of Fe[Fe(CN)]3xHO (x = 10-15) (PB-1) and (NH)0.70Fe1.10[Fe(CN)]1.7HO (PB-2) with respect to the Cs adsorption ability. The synthesised PB-1, by a common stoichiometric aqueous reaction between 4Fe and 3[Fe(CN)], showed much more efficient Cs adsorption ability than did the commercially available PB-2.

Production of no-carrier-added Cu and applications to molecular imaging by PET and PETIS as a biomedical tracer

Watanabe, Shigeki; Iida, Yasuhiko*; Suzui, Nobuo; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Ishii, Satomi; Kawachi, Naoki; Hanaoka, Hirofumi*; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei; Endo, Keigo*; et al.

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 280(1), p.199 - 205, 2009/04

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-008-7443-9

Quality control in Positron Emitting Tracer Imaging System (PETIS) examination for quantification analysis of plant physiological functions

Kawachi, Naoki; Fujimaki, Shu; Suzui, Nobuo; Ishii, Satomi; Watanabe, Shigeki; Watanabe, Satoshi; Ishioka, Noriko; Matsuhashi, Shimpei

JAEA-Review 2008-055, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2007, P. 107, 2008/11

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAEA-Review-2008-055.pdf

Imaging of translocation and spatial distribution of the assimilated carbon and nitrogen in the host-root parasite system by PETIS

Sekimoto, Hitoshi*; Kawachi, Naoki; Honda, Shuzo*; Yamaguchi, Yoshie*; Kato, Shota*; Yoneyama, Kaori*; Fujimaki, Shu; Suzui, Nobuo; Ishii, Satomi; Watanabe, Satoshi; et al.

JAEA-Review 2007-060, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2006, P. 124, 2008/03

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAEA-Review-2007-060.pdf

no abstracts in English

Imaging of parallel routes of photoassimilate transport in an intact plant body

Fujimaki, Shu; Sakamoto, Koichi; Kawachi, Naoki; Ishii, Satomi; Suzui, Nobuo; Ishioka, Noriko; Watanabe, Satoshi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei

JAEA-Review 2006-042, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2005, P. 126, 2007/02

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAEA-Review-2006-042.pdf

no abstracts in English

Production of Cu as a biotracer and applications to in vivo imaging of Cu in a plant

Watanabe, Shigeki; Ishioka, Noriko; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Watanabe, Satoshi; Suzui, Nobuo; Ishii, Satomi; Matsuhashi, Shimpei

no journal, , 

Positron emitter, Cu has been used in medical applications with positron emission tomography (PET). We have developed a novel method in Cu production to obtain Cu-labelled antibodies as a PET reagent. On the other hand, Cu can be used for in vivo imaging of copper in a living plant by positron emitting tracer imaging system (PETIS). Production of Cu was carried out via the Ni(p,n)Cu nuclear reaction. The produced Cu (330 MBq) was purified by an ion-exchange method from the irradiated NiO target. The Cu was obtained with high yield (89%) and high radionuclidic-purity Cu ( 99%). The NiO was recovered in good yield ( 99%). The Cu was added to a plant (soybean) for an imaging experiment and the movement of Cu was visualized by the PETIS. This result shows that Cu can be applied as a useful tracer for not only medical applications and also plant physiological studies.

Cultivation of stress-tolerant varieties using ion beam breeding

Okamura, Masachika*; Watanabe, Satomi*; Tanaka, Atsushi; Hase, Yoshihiro

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Effects on environmental dynamics of radiocesium related to the wildfire in mountainous forest of the Abukuma Mountains, Fukushima

Niizato, Tadafumi; Sasaki, Yoshito; Watanabe, Takayoshi; Mitachi, Katsuaki*; Ito, Satomi; Kuramoto, Takayuki*; Arai, Hirotsugu*; Nomura, Naoki*; Hayashi, Seiji*; Tamaoki, Masanori*

no journal, , 

Cs released from the TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident has a long half-life of about 30 years, it is necessary to monitor the distribution and its radioecological impact over the long term. Mountainous forests, which accounts for about 70% of Fukushima prefecture, tend to be a sink of radiocesium contamination rather than a source for the contamination of other ecosystems. An understanding of the environmental dynamics of radiocesium in the forest floor of various conditions is important issue, while progressing to the resident return. In this paper, we report on the results of the field investigation into the Cs distribution and the Cs outflow in the mountainous forest of Fukushima, where the wildfire broke out in the spring of 2017.