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Seaweed against strontium and preussian blue against cesium

Rangifer, 1988
The fact that alginates bind strontium and cyanates bind cesium and are capable of removing these elements from living organisms is scientifically verified. Zeolites offer another possibility for exchange of these ions.
G Michanek
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Absorption of radionuclides from the Fukushima nuclear accident by a novel algal strain. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Large quantities of radionuclides have leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the surrounding environment. Effective prevention of health hazards resulting from radiation exposure will require the development of efficient and ...
Hiroki Shimura, Katsuhiko Itoh, Atsushi Sugiyama, Sayaka Ichijo, Masashi Ichijo, Fumihiko Furuya, Yuji Nakamura, Ken Kitahara, Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yukawa, Tetsuro Kobayashi   +10 more
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Measurement of Radioactive Concentrations and Determination of Isotopes Using Portable Devices for Radiochemistry Laboratories Al-Tuwaitha Nuclear Site in Iraq

Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Science, 2022
The measurements of radioactive concentrations using portable radiological devices for radiochemistry laboratories at the Al-Tuwaitha nuclear site (section C) were studied, section C consists of three laboratories, C1, C2, and C3 were used, Redeye ...
Hayder Rayed Fadhil, Iman Tarik Al-Alawy, Salam Kudhair Al-Nasri   +2 more
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Distribution of 238U, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs concentrations in soil samples nearby a nuclear laboratory, Capao Island, Brazil [PDF]

Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection, 2015
Absolute soil concentrations of 238U, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs samples were measured using high-resolution gamma spectrometry. The area of interest encompasses an embankment in a mangrove swamp in Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, called Capao Island ...
Oliveira Luciano S.R., Oliveira Celio J.V., Carvalho Bruno M.R., Cabral Paulo A.M., Vital Helio C., Andrade Edson R.   +5 more
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Radium-based estimates of cesium isotope transport and total direct ocean discharges from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2013
Radium has four naturally occurring isotopes that have proven useful in constraining water mass source, age, and mixing rates in the coastal and open ocean.
M. A. Charette, C. F. Breier, P. B. Henderson, S. M. Pike, I. I. Rypina, S. R. Jayne, K. O. Buesseler   +6 more
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Physiological importance and role of Mg2+ in improving bacterial resistance to cesium

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Cesium (Cs) is an alkali metal with radioactive isotopes such as 137Cs and 134Cs. 137Cs, a product of uranium fission, has garnered attention as a radioactive contaminant.
Yoshiki Ishida, Chongkai Zhang, Katsuya Satoh, Masahiro Ito, Masahiro Ito, Masahiro Ito, Masahiro Ito   +6 more
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SPECIATION OF CESIUM ISOTOPES IN RIVER WATER: A CASE STUDY IN THE UKEDO RIVER

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2022
Abstract 137Cs in river systems can be taken up by aquatic animals. In this paper, total 137Cs concentration in the Ukedo River system and 137Cs presence in dissolved, acid-soluble and -insoluble fractions in river water samples were determined.
Hirofumi Tazoe, Ryo Tachizaki, Yuto Tomisaka, Haruka Kuwata, Naofumi Akata   +4 more
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Measuring the specific concentration of the radioactive isotopes of 40K, 137Cs and (224Ra, 226Ra, 228Ra)

Journal of Kufa-Physics, 2018
The specific concentration of radioisotopes of Potassium 40K; Cesium 137Cs and Radium (224Ra ,226Ra, 228Ra) have been identified for soil, sediment, fish samples (Liza abu, Liza klunzingeri, Brachirus orientalius, Tylosurus crocodilus, Cyprinus carpio ...
Aqeel Abdulsahib Alwaeli, Ali Bassal Mahmood   +1 more
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Contribution of production and loss terms of fission products on in-containment activity under severe accident condition for VVER-1000

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to study the source term behavior after severe accidents by using a semi-kinetic model for simulation and calculation of in-containment activity.
S. Jafarikia, S.A.H. Feghhi
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Application of Neural Network and Time-Domain Feature Extraction Techniques for Determining Volumetric Percentages and the Type of Two Phase Flow Regimes Independent of Scale Layer Thickness

Applied Sciences, 2022
One of the factors that significantly affects the efficiency of oil and gas industry equipment is the scales formed in the pipelines. In this innovative, non-invasive system, the inclusion of a dual-energy gamma source and two sodium iodide detectors was
Abdullah K. Alanazi, Seyed Mehdi Alizadeh, Karina Shamilyevna Nurgalieva, Slavko Nesic, John William Grimaldo Guerrero, Hala M. Abo-Dief, Ehsan Eftekhari-Zadeh, Ehsan Nazemi, Igor M. Narozhnyy   +8 more
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