Should we measure plutonium concentrations in marine sediments near Fukushima?

Pu contamination originating from Fukushima accident has not been detected in marine sediment samples collected outside a 30 km circle around the plant. It is shown, by means of numerical modelling, that if any impact from the accident has occurred, this would remain in a very close area to Fukushim...

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Autores: Periáñez Rodríguez, Raúl, Suh, Kyunk-Suk, Min, Byung-Il
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/135749
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/135749
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2422-1
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Plutonium
Marine dispersion
Fukushima
Numerical modelling
Sediments
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Sumario:Pu contamination originating from Fukushima accident has not been detected in marine sediment samples collected outside a 30 km circle around the plant. It is shown, by means of numerical modelling, that if any impact from the accident has occurred, this would remain in a very close area to Fukushima because of the low Pu mobility in the marine environment. Since the situation inside the 30 km zone remains unknown, further studies on the determination of Pu isotopes in sediments within this area are required.