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Quantitative risk assessment of radiocesium associated with Japanese foods imported into the United Kingdom. [PDF]

Risk Anal
Abstract Damage to a nuclear power station resulted in radioactive contamination of certain areas of Japan in 2011. Legislation was put in place in Europe to establish controls on the import of certain types of food and feed, including a limit of 100 radioactive decays (becquerel, Bq) per second of radiocesium per kg.
Adkin A, Rylands K, Goodman J, Oatway W, Uy FM, Edge J, Potter C.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bioaccumulation of Mercury and Radiocesium in Waterfowl Introduced to a Site with Legacy Contamination. [PDF]

Environ Toxicol Chem, 2022
Abstract Despite the propensity of waterfowl species to readily accumulate anthropogenic contaminants within polluted environments, few studies have examined bioaccumulation rates over time when entering such a contaminated site. We examined mercury (Hg) and radiocesium (137Cs) bioaccumulation over time in two waterfowl species released into a wetland ...
Leaphart JC, Abercrombie SA, Borchert EJ, Bryan AL, Beasley JC.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Assessment of localized and resuspended ¹³⁷ Cs due to decontamination and demolition in the difficult-to-return zone of Tomioka town, Fukushima Prefecture. [PDF]

Integr Environ Assess Manag, 2022
Abstract As the next step that occurred more than one decade after the accident at the Fukushima Dai‐ichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS), decontamination and demolition have been carried out in the Specified Reconstruction and Revitalization Base (SRRB) of the difficult‐to‐return zone around the FDNPS.
Taira Y, Matsuo M, Orita M, Matsunaga H, Takamura N, Hirao S.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Kuroshio radiocesium stream

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022
The Fukushima accident released short-lived Cs-134 and longer-lived Cs-137 to the ocean. The amount, although substantial, is much less than that produced during the atomic bomb tests 60 years ago. But, the latter has received little attention. Here we found only Cs-137 in waters near the origin of the Kuroshio.
Chen-Tung Arthur, Chen, Ting-Hsuan, Huang, Wei-Jen, Huang, Yiing-Jang, Yang, Sen, Jan, Ming-An, Lee, Ming-Ta, Lee   +6 more
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Radiocesium distribution in bamboo shoots after the Fukushima nuclear accident. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The distribution of radiocesium was examined in bamboo shoots, Phyllostachys pubescens, collected from 10 sites located some 41 to 1140 km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan, in the Spring of 2012, 1 year after the Fukushima nuclear ...
Takumi Higaki, Shogo Higaki, Masahiro Hirota, Seiichiro Hasezawa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiocesium concentrations in mushrooms collected in Kawauchi Village five to eight years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011, radionuclides such as iodine-131, cesium-134 and cesium-137 were released into environment.
Limeng Cui, Makiko Orita, Yasuyuki Taira, Noboru Takamura   +3 more
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Radiocesium transfer from soil is lower in tall fescue than orchardgrass under conditions of lower soil exchangeable potassium

Grassland Science, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 253-260, October 2023., 2023
Abstract In Japan, additional potassium fertilization is used as a countermeasure for radiocesium‐contaminated grasslands in the Tohoku and North Kanto regions. A 2‐year pot experiment was conducted to assess the efficacy of using tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.), a low‐cesium‐absorption grass species, to replace orchardgrass (Dactylis ...
Yasuko Togamura, Daigo Yamada, Takeshi Shibuya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal distribution and fluctuation of radiocesium in Tokyo Bay in the five years following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
A monitoring survey was conducted from August 2011 to July 2016 of the spatiotemporal distribution in the 400 km2 area of the northern part of Tokyo Bay and in rivers flowing into it of radiocesium released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (
Hideo Yamazaki, Masanobu Ishida, Ryoichi Hinokio, Yosuke Alexandre Yamashiki, Ryokei Azuma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiocesium transfer rates among pigs fed haylage contaminated with low levels of cesium at two differentiation stages

PLoS ONE, 2020
The objective of this study was to determine the radiocesium transfer rates of pigs fed haylage contaminated with low levels of cesium at different growth stages.
Chunxiang Piao, Min Ma, James K. Chambers, Kazuyuki Uchida, Masanori Ikeda, Natsuko I. Kobayashi, Atsushi Hirose, Keitaro Tanoi, Masayoshi Kuwahara, Junyou Li, Tim A. Mousseau   +10 more
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What do you mean, ‘megafire’?

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 31, Issue 10, Page 1906-1922, October 2022., 2022
Abstract Background ‘Megafire’ is an emerging concept commonly used to describe fires that are extreme in terms of size, behaviour, and/or impacts, but the term’s meaning remains ambiguous. Approach We sought to resolve ambiguity surrounding the meaning of ‘megafire’ by conducting a structured review of the use and definition of the term in several ...
Grant D. Linley, Chris J. Jolly, Tim S. Doherty, William L. Geary, Dolors Armenteras, Claire M. Belcher, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Andrea Duane, Michael‐Shawn Fletcher, Melisa A. Giorgis, Angie Haslem, Gavin M. Jones, Luke T. Kelly, Calvin K. F. Lee, Rachael H. Nolan, Catherine L. Parr, Juli G. Pausas, Jodi N. Price, Adrián Regos, Euan G. Ritchie, Julien Ruffault, Grant J. Williamson, Qianhan Wu, Dale G. Nimmo, Benjamin Poulter   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source