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A New approach to extracting biofilm from environmental plastics using ultrasound-assisted syringe treatment for isotopic analyses

Battulga, B.; Atarashi-Andoh, Mariko; Nakanishi, Takahiro; Koarashi, Jun

Science of the Total Environment, 849, p.157758_1 - 157758_11, 2022/11

 Times Cited Count:12 Percentile:52.17(Environmental Sciences)

Characterizing plastic-associated biofilms is key to the better understanding of organic material and mineral cycling in the "Plastisphere"-the thin layer of microbial life on plastics. In this study, we propose a new method to extract biofilms from environmental plastics, in order to evaluate the properties of biofilm-derived organic matter through stable carbon ($$delta$$$$^{13}$$C) and nitrogen ($$delta$$$$^{15}$$N) isotope signatures and their interactions with radionuclides especially radiocesium ($$^{137}$$Cs). After ultrasound-assisted separation from the plastics, biofilm samples were successfully collected via a sequence of syringe treatments. Biofilm-derived organic matter samples (14.5-65.4 mg) from four river mouths in Japan showed $$^{137}$$Cs activity concentrations of $$<$$75 to 820 Bq kg$$^{-1}$$ biofilm (dw), providing evidence that environmental plastics, mediated by developed biofilms, serve as a carrier for $$^{137}$$Cs in the coastal environment. Significant differences in the ($$delta$$$$^{13}$$C and $$delta$$$$^{15}$$N signatures were also obtained for the biofilms, indicating the different sources, pathways, and development processes of biofilms on plastics.

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Isotope and plasma size scaling in ion temperature gradient driven turbulence

Idomura, Yasuhiro

Europhysics Conference Abstracts (Internet), 45A, 4 Pages, 2021/06

This work presents the impacts of the hydrogen isotope mass and the normalized plasma size on confinement of hydrogen (H) and deuterium (D) plasmas dominated by ion temperature gradient driven turbulence. Numerical experiments of H and D plasmas with ion and electron heating conditions were conducted using the Gyrokinetic Toroidal 5D full- f Eulerian code GT5D. The energy confinement time in the ion heated numerical experiments was almost independent of isotope mass, and the energy confinement was determined mainly by the normalized plasma size or the plasma size divided by the ion gyro radius, indicating an impact of non-local transport. On the other hand, the electron heated numerical experiments showed a clear isotope mass dependency. In addition to the plasma size effect, the isotope mass dependency of the collisional energy transfer from electrons to ions changes the ion heat flux and the turbulence intensity, leading to the degradation of confinement in H plasmas. These results qualitatively agree with the hydrogen isotope scaling in experiments.

Journal Articles

Neutron cross-section evaluations for $$^{70,72,73,74,76}$$Ge

Iwamoto, Osamu; Herman, M.*; Mughabghab, S. F.*; Oblozinsk$'y$, P.*; Trkov, A.*

AIP Conference Proceedings 769, p.434 - 437, 2005/05

Entirely new evaluations for all the Ge isotopes, from thermal energy to 20 MeV, has been performed with focus on photon production. In the resonance region, parameters were improved considerably compared to earlier evaluations. In the fast region, code EMPIRE-2.19 was used. Validation was done against photon data on Fe and Nb. Isotopic evaluations for Ge were summed up and compared with available measurements on natural Ge. Various quantities related to photon production, showing strong dependence on neutron incident energy, are discussed.

Journal Articles

FT-IR study on interaction of irradiated deuteron with defects in Li$$_{2}$$O

Tanigawa, Hisashi; Tanaka, Satoru*; Enoeda, Mikio; Akiba, Masato

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 329-333(2), p.1291 - 1294, 2004/08

 Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:28.09(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)

In order to elucidate the interaction of hydrogen isotopes with irradiation defects, infrared absorption spectroscopy was conducted for a single crystal of Li$$_{2}$$O. Using FT-IR, O-D stretching vibration from the bulk Li$$_{2}$$O was observed under deutron irradiation. Under and after the irradiation, several peaks were observed in the O-D stretching vibration region and these peaks had different dependence on conditions of the irradiation. From the observed behaviour of the peaks, it was suggested that most of the irradiated deutron existed in Li$$_{2}$$O without O-D bonding because of interaction with the defects.

Journal Articles

$$beta$$$$^{+}$$ decay of unstable praseodymium isotopes: $$^{127}$$Pr, $$^{126}$$Pr and the new isotope $$^{125}$$Pr

Osa, Akihiko; Asai, Masato*; Koizumi, Mitsuo; Sekine, Toshiaki; ; ; Yamamoto, Hiroshi*; Kawade, Kiyoshi*

Nuclear Physics A, 588, p.185C - 190C, 1995/00

 Times Cited Count:24 Percentile:76.12(Physics, Nuclear)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Development of in-situ gas analyzer for hydrogen isotopes in fusion fuel gas processing

Okuno, Kenji; ; Ohira, Shigeru; Naruse, Yuji

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 28(6), p.509 - 516, 1991/06

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

The trapping and release of injected hydrogen isotopes in vitreous silica

; ; ; ; ; Ono, Shinichi; Saeki, Masakatsu; Tachikawa, Enzo

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 60, p.3835 - 3842, 1987/00

 Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:43.29(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)

no abstracts in English

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Journal Articles

Design concept of cryogenic falling liquid film helium separator

; ; J.R.Bartlit*; R.H.Sherman*

Fusion Technology, 10, p.137 - 148, 1986/00

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Drastic reduction of computing time in dynamic simulation for hydrogen isotope distillation columns

Fusion Technology, 9, p.492 - 498, 1986/00

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Isotope effects in electrolytic formation of lithium amalgam

Fujie, Makoto; ; ;

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 23(4), p.330 - 337, 1986/00

 Times Cited Count:49 Percentile:96.52(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

JAEA Reports

Data on Trapping and Re-Emission of Energetic Hydrogen Isotopes and Helium in Materials Supplement 1

; Ozawa, K.; Nakai, Y.;

JAERI-M 84-093, 59 Pages, 1984/05

JAERI-M-84-093.pdf:0.88MB

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Computer-aided simulation procedure for water distillation columns

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 21(4), p.299 - 307, 1984/00

 Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:50.52(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Lithium isotope separation by displacement chromatography using cryptand resin

; Saito, Keiichiro; Shiba, Koreyuki

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 20(5), p.439 - 440, 1983/00

 Times Cited Count:56 Percentile:99.14(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Preliminary design of a fusion reactor fuel cleanup system by the palladium alloy membrane method

; Konishi, Satoshi; Naruse, Yuji

Nucl.Technol./Fusion, 3, p.471 - 484, 1983/00

no abstracts in English

JAEA Reports

A Review on Development of He Evacuation Systems for Tokamak Reactors

; ; Murakami, Yoshio

JAERI-M 82-037, 48 Pages, 1982/04

JAERI-M-82-037.pdf:1.17MB

no abstracts in English

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A New approach to extracting biofilm from environmental plastics using ultrasound-assisted syringe treatment for isotopic analyses

Battulga, B.; Atarashi-Andoh, Mariko; Koarashi, Jun

no journal, , 

Plastic debris has been recognized as one of the carriers of hazardous substances in the aquatic ecosystem due to its ubiquitous distribution and potential interaction with pollutants through developed biofilms. In this study, we aimed to extract biofilms from the environmental plastics using a newly developed extraction method and to determine the concentration of radiocesium ($$^{137}$$Cs) and stable isotope ratios ($$delta$$$$^{13}$$C and $$delta$$$$^{15}$$N) in the extracted biofilm samples. Visible plastics were collected from the mouths of coastal rivers in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, and applied to the extraction procedures. After plastic and biofilm separation with ultrasonication, biofilm samples were collected by the two ways: freeze-drying (15.5-44.4 mg); and freeze-drying after syringe treatment (14.5-65.4 mg). The XRD diffractograms of biofilm samples confirmed that biofilms obtained by freeze-drying only were still heterogeneous and the agglomerations of organic substances, mineral particles, and small microplastics (MPs, $$<$$ 1 mm). The results also demonstrated that biofilm extraction was achieved by syringe treatment separating the mineral and small MPs particles, resulting in homogenous biofilms from the surface of plastics. Preliminarily results of $$^{137}$$Cs activity concentrations in heterogenous (ranging from 0.22 to 0.54 Bq g$$^{-1}$$) and homogenous (0.82$$pm$$0.04 Bq g$$^{-1}$$) biofilm samples revealed that MPs serve as a carrier for $$^{137}$$Cs in the coastal river environment mediated by developed biofilms.

Oral presentation

Validating elastic scattering of polarized $$gamma$$-rays

Omer, M.; Shizuma, Toshiyuki*; Hajima, Ryoichi*; Angell, C.*

no journal, , 

An elastic scattering experiment has been performed using 100% linearly polarized $$gamma$$-rays generated by laser Compton backscattering at Duke University, NC, USA. Photons of energy of 2 MeV elastically scattered off uranium target were measured with high-purity Ge detectors. The results are used in the simulation study to improve the sensitivity of identifying isotopes by nuclear resonance fluorescence. Validation of the elastic scattering cross section of a polarized $$gamma$$-rays is reported.

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