Distinction between radiocesium (RCs)-bearing microparticles and RCs-sorbing minerals derived from the Fukushima nuclear accident using acid treatment

T Okumura, N Yamaguchi, T Kogure - Chemistry Letters, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Radiocesium (RCs)-carrying materials derived from the Fukushima nuclear accident consist
of RCs-sorbing minerals (CsSMs) and RCs-bearing silicate-glass microparticles (CsMPs) …

Reactor environment during the Fukushima nuclear accident inferred from radiocaesium-bearing microparticles

T Okumura, N Yamaguchi, H Suga, Y Takahashi… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Radiocaesium-bearing microparticles (CsMPs), which are substantially silicate
glass, were formed inside the damaged reactor and released to the environment by the …

Finding radiocesium-bearing microparticles more minute than previously reported, emitted by the Fukushima nuclear accident

T Okumura, N Yamaguchi, T Kogure - Chemistry Letters, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Radiocesium-bearing microparticles (CsMPs) with a diameter and 137Cs radioactivity less
than 0.5 µm and 0.05 Bq, respectively, released by the Fukushima nuclear accident were …

Dissolution behavior of radiocesium-bearing microparticles as a function of solution compositions

T Okumura, N Yamaguchi, T Kogure - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
More than a decade has passed since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 and
contamination around the nuclear power plant is primarily caused by 137Cs. One of the …

Radiocesium-bearing microparticles found in dry deposition fallout samples immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in the Kanto region, Japan

Y Takaku, S Higaki, M Hirota, H Kagi - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Radiocesium released by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident
still exists in the environment in two forms: adsorbed species on mineral particles in the soil …

Loss of radioactivity in radiocesium-bearing microparticles emitted from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant by heating

T Okumura, N Yamaguchi, T Dohi, K Iijima… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Radiocesium-bearing microparticles (CsPs) substantially made of silicate glass are a novel
form of radiocesium emitted from the broken containment vessel of Fukushima Dai-ichi …

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 …

Dissolution behaviour of radiocaesium-bearing microparticles released from the Fukushima nuclear plant

T Okumura, N Yamaguchi, T Dohi, K Iijima, T Kogure - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Radiocaesium-bearing microparticles (CsMPs) composed of silicate glass were released by
the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. Since CsMPs contain a …

Isolation, characterization and source analysis of radiocaesium micro-particles in soil sample collected from vicinity of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant

F Futagami, M Soliman, K Takamiya, S Sekimoto… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Radioactive caesium was released during the accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power
plant (FDNPP) into the surrounding environment. In the current work, radiocaesium micro …

Radioactive Nano-and Microparticles Released from Fukushima Daiichi: Technical Challenges of Multiple Analytic Techniques

S Utsunomiya, K Fueda, K Minomo, K Horie… - 2022 - books.rsc.org
A total activity of∼ 10 19 Bq, including∼ 10 16 Bq of 137 Cs, was released from the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) in 2011, among which 137 Cs (30.1 years …