Radiochemical Approach to the JCO Criticality Accident in Tokai-mura, 1999 -An Overview of the Radiochemistry Group-
Author(s) -
Kazuhisa Komura
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of radiation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1349-9157
pISSN - 0449-3060
DOI - 10.1269/jrr.42.s17
Subject(s) - criticality , group (periodic table) , accident (philosophy) , mura , chemistry , physics , nuclear physics , philosophy , organic chemistry , epistemology , liquid crystal display , optics
A few days after the JCO criticality accident in Tokai-mura, a collaborating scientific investigation group was organized to evaluate the environmental impact of the accident. The group consisted of two groups: an environmental research group (radiochemistry group) and a biological research group. This paper overviews the scientific activity of the former group based on 6 sampling campaigns conducted at the JCO campus, Tokai-mura and Naka-machi. Some of the topical results and our remaining tasks concerning the JCO accident are discussed.
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