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The transfer of radiocesium from soil to plants: Mechanisms, data, and perspectives for potential countermeasures in Japan
Author(s) -
Smolders Erik,
Tsukada Hirofumi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
integrated environmental assessment and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.665
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1551-3793
pISSN - 1551-3777
DOI - 10.1002/ieam.236
Subject(s) - nuclear power plant , environmental science , fukushima nuclear accident , waste management , environmental protection , environmental engineering , engineering , nuclear physics , physics
The recent events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan, have raised questions about radiocesium ( 137 Cs) transfer from soil to agricultural plants. This transfer has been studied extensively in Europe following the Chernobyl accident, in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. This article briefly discusses whether that transfer may be different in Japan in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2011;7:379–381. © 2011 SETAC