Depositional records of plutonium and Cs released from Nagasaki atomic bomb in sediment of Nishiyama reservoir at Nagasaki

Kokubu, Yoko; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Magara, Masaaki; Miyamoto, Yutaka; Sakurai, Satoshi; Usuda, Shigekazu; Yamazaki, Hideo*; Yoshikawa, Shusaku*; Nagaoka, Shinji*; Mitamura, Muneki*; et al.

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 99(1), p.211 - 217, 2008/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.11.010

In a sediment core of Nishiyama reservoir at Nagasaki, depth profiles of Pu/Pu ratio, Pu and Cs concentrations were determined. Sediments containing plutonium and Cs, which were fallout deposited immediately after a detonation of Nagasaki atomic bomb, were identified in the core. Observed below the sediments were macroscopic charcoals, providing evidence for initial deposit of the fallout. This is the first entire depositional records of plutonium and Cs released from the Nagasaki atomic bomb together with those from atmospheric nuclear tests.