The events that followed the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, included
the loss of power and overheating at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants, which led …

In environmental monitoring campaigns for anthropogenic radionuclides released in the
course of the Fukushima nuclear accident (2011), most focus had been on gamma-emitting …

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident has caused serious
contamination in the environment. The release of Pu isotopes renewed considerable public …

Zeolites are used as adsorbents of cationic elements in the radioactive decontamination
process of water, soil and others. We determined Cs+ and Sr 2+ adsorption selectivity of …

The efficient characterization of nuclear waste materials represents a significant challenge
during nuclear site decommissioning, with a range of radionuclides requiring measurement …

Concentrations of the radionuclides, U, Pu, and Cs were measured in water samples (10–20
L) to study analyte dispersion and migration following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power …

Dust samples from the sides of roads (black substances) have been collected together with
litter and soil samples at more than 100 sites contaminated heavily in the 20-km exclusion …

An accurate and precise analytical method is highly needed for the determination of Pu
isotopes in marine sediments for the long-term marine environment monitoring that is being …

Concentrations and isotopic compositions of plutonium (Pu) are widely used for its source
identification and to determine transport processes of Pu-associated particulate matter and …

The contamination of Japan after the Fukushima accident has been investigated mainly for
volatile fission products, but only sparsely for actinides such as plutonium. Only small …