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ArticleJournal of plant research2014

Radioactive pollution and accumulation of radionuclides in wild plants in Fukushima.

Tetsuro Mimura, Mari Mimura, Daisuke Kobayashi, Chiyo Komiyama, Hitoshi Sekimoto, Masaaki Miyamoto, Akira Kitamura

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Article in Journal of plant research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tetsuro MimuraDepartment of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan, mimura@kobe-u.ac.jp.
Mari Mimura
Daisuke Kobayashi
Chiyo Komiyama
Hitoshi Sekimoto
Masaaki Miyamoto
Akira Kitamura
Kobe University · JPFukushima Medical University · JPUniversidad Comunera · PY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The radionuclide status of wild plants and soil in the Fukushima area was investigated during the period May 2011 to October 2012, using an imaging plate (autoradiograms) or a high purity germanium detector. Analyses of autoradiograms showed that wild plants grown in March 2011 were strongly polluted with fallout released from the Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant. The radioactivity was mostly due to fallout adsorbed on the surface of the plants. On the other hand, a number of herbaceous plants were regularly collected in the Fukushima area and their radionuclide concentrations were measured with a high-purity germanium detector. Plants grown in March 2011 showed very high levels of ¹³⁴Cs and ¹³⁷Cs, but these radioactivity levels decreased rapidly after July 2011 and eventually became lower than that of endogenous ⁴⁰K. During this period, the radioactivity of the soil remained high. We therefore suppose that a significant proportion of the radioactivity detected from plants harvested after July 2011 was most likely derived from soil dust attached on the plant surface. Autoradiograms of rice plants were virtually identical between plants cultivated in Fukushima and Osaka area, reflecting the background radiation due to ⁴⁰K.

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Fukushima Nuclear AccidentAutoradiographyCesium RadioisotopesGamma RaysJapanNuclear Power PlantsOryzaPlant LeavesPlantsPotassium RadioisotopesRadiation MonitoringRadioactive PollutantsSoilTime FactorsTreesCesium RadioisotopesPotassium RadioisotopesRadioactive PollutantsSoil

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