Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in Foods Distributed in Kyoto, Japan (1991–2011)—Comparison of Detection Rates and Concentrations before and after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident—

Title: Monitoring of Radioactive Substances in Foods Distributed in Kyoto, Japan (1991–2011)—Comparison of Detection Rates and Concentrations before and after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident—

Author: Yukinori BANNO, Mikio NAMIKAWA, Mariko MIWA, Soichirou BAN, Taichi ORITO, Shunsuke SEMURA, Masahiro KAWAKAMI, Naoya DOI, Shiro MIYAKE, Yasuhiro ISHIKAWA

Reference: Food Hygiene and Safety Science (Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi), Vol. 54 (2013) No. 3 p. 178-187

Doi:http: http://dx.doi.org/10.3358/shokueishi.54.178

Keywords: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, radioactive substance, radioactive iodine, radioactive cesium

Abstract: Since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident, radioactive substances have been continually monitored in foods collected in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The importance of the monitoring was increased by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. Here, the detection rates and concentrations of radioactive substances were compared among food samples collected before and after the accident in Fukushima prefecture.

ＵＲＬ：https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/shokueishi/54/3/54_178/_article/-char/ja/

Features of effect of radioactive contamination on small birds in the Chernobyl zone in 2003-2005

Author: Gashak S.P., Maklyuk Yu.A., Maksimenko A.M., Maksimenko V.M., Martynenko V.I. Etc

Reference: Gazette “РАДИАЦИОННАЯ БИОЛОГИЯ. РАДИОЭКОЛОГИЯ “ (Radiation Biology, Radioecology), 2008

ISSN: 0869-8031

Keywords: contamination of small birds

Abstract: Radioactive contamination of small birds (484 birds, 44 species) was investigated in the Chernobyl zone (Ukraine) in 2003-2005. Observes how, where and in what season the contamination occurs in the organisms of small birds.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9603819

Vertical radionuclide transfer by infiltration water in forest soils in the 30-km Chernobyl accident zone.

• Title: Vertical radionuclide transfer by infiltration water in forest soils in the 30-km Chernobyl accident zone.

Author: Kliashtorin, A L / Tikhomirov, F A / Shcheglov, A I

Reference: The Science of the total environment, 157 (1-3), p.285-288, Dec 1994

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Abstract: Vertical intrasoil flow within the 30-km zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) was investigated by a lysimetric method in 1989-1990. The regularity of radionuclide migration within the flow has been found to be dependent on the contamination density, the type of radionuclide, and the type of ecosystem and depth.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7839115?dopt=Abstract

Radionuclides in the liquid phase of the forest soils at the Chernobyl accident zone.

• Title: Radionuclides in the liquid phase of the forest soils at the Chernobyl accident zone.

Author: Agapkina, G I / Tikhomirov, F A

Reference: The Science of the total environment, 157 (1-3), p.267-273, Dec 1994

doi: 10.1016/S0265-931X(99)00037-5

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Abstract: The relative content (alpha) of 137Cs (1987-1991), 106Ru, 134Cs, 144Ce (1987) and the chemical speciation of radionuclides in the liquid phase of forest soils at different plots in the 30-km Chernobyl zone were studied. One year after the accident, substantial variations in the alpha-value between the different plots and a variation in alpha along the soil profile were observed due to unequal physico-chemical properties of nuclear fallout and soils. The alpha-value calculated for the total contaminated layer (alpha av) at different plots varied within relatively narrow limits.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7839114?dopt=Abstract