A review of Cs-bearing microparticles in the environment emitted by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Y Igarashi, T Kogure, Y Kurihara, H Miura… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Scientists face challenge in identifying the radioactive materials which are found as dotted
images on various imaging plate (IP) autoradiographic photos of radioactively contaminated …

Provenance of uranium particulate contained within Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 ejecta material

PG Martin, M Louvel, S Cipiccia, CP Jones… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Here we report the results of multiple analytical techniques on sub-mm particulate material
derived from Unit 1 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant to provide a better …

Analysis of two forms of radioactive particles emitted during the early stages of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station accident

Y Satou, K Sueki, K Sasa, H Yoshikawa… - Geochemical …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Two types of radioactive particles were isolated from environmental samples collected at
various distances from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station.“Type A” particles are …

Application of synchrotron radiation and other techniques in analysis of radioactive microparticles emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident-A …

F Chen, J Hu, Y Takahashi, M Yamada… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract During the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, large
amounts of radioactive materials were released into the environment. Among them, a large …

Abundance and distribution of radioactive cesium-rich microparticles released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the environment

R Ikehara, K Morooka, M Suetake, T Komiya… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The abundance and distribution of highly radioactive cesium-rich microparticles (CsMPs)
that were released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) during the first …

Discovery of radiocesium-bearing microparticles in river water and their influence on the solid-water distribution coefficient (Kd) of radiocesium in the Kuchibuto River …

H Miura, Y Kurihara, A Sakaguchi, K Tanaka… - Geochemical …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
We found four radiocesium-bearing microparticles (CsMPs) with high cesium (Cs)
radioactivity in suspended particles collected from the Kuchibuto River in Fukushima by …

Widespread distribution of radiocesium-bearing microparticles over the greater Kanto Region resulting from the Fukushima nuclear accident

Y Abe, S Onozaki, I Nakai, K Adachi, Y Igarashi… - Progress in Earth and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011
emitted a considerable amount of radioactive materials. This study isolated radiocesium …

Isotopic ratios of uranium and caesium in spherical radioactive caesium-bearing microparticles derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

Y Kurihara, N Takahata, TD Yokoyama, H Miura… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Spherical radioactive caesium (Cs)-bearing microparticles (CsMPs) were emitted during the
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March, 2011. The emission …

New highly radioactive particles derived from Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Unit 1: Properties and environmental impacts

K Morooka, E Kurihara, M Takehara, R Takami… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
A contaminated zone elongated toward Futaba Town, north-northwest of the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), contains highly radioactive particles released from …

First isolation and analysis of caesium-bearing microparticles from marine samples in the Pacific coastal area near Fukushima Prefecture

H Miura, T Ishimaru, Y Ito, Y Kurihara, S Otosaka… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
A part of the radiocaesium from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP)
accident was emitted as glassy, water-resistant caesium-bearing microparticles (CsMPs) …