Remediation of plants contaminated with cesium by aqueous cleaning

N. Osada; K. Ishii; S. Matsuyama; H. Sugai; K. Kusano; Y. Nozawa; S. Yamauchi; M. Karahashi; S. Oshikawa; K. Kikuchi; S. Koshio; K. Watanabe; S. Itoh; Y. Suzuki; A. Terakawa; Y. Kikuchi; F. Fujishiro; A. Ishizaki; H. Arai

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.050

Remediation of plants contaminated with cesium by aqueous cleaning

N. Osada, K. Ishii, S. Matsuyama, H. Sugai, K. Kusano, Y. Nozawa, S. Yamauchi, M. Karahashi, S. Oshikawa, K. Kikuchi, S. Koshio, K. Watanabe, S. Itoh, Y. Suzuki, A. Terakawa, Y. Kikuchi, F. Fujishiro, A. Ishizaki, H. Arai

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Aqueous cleaning removed two-thirds of the radioactivity from cesium-contaminated plants. Instead of being transferred to the water, cesium was attached to particles of rice straw. These particles were analyzed by micro-PIXE to determine the surface distribution of several elements. The elemental ratio of cesium to silicon was constant, and both elements exhibited similar distributions, suggesting that cesium was bound nonrandomly to silicon on the surface of the rice straw. Thus, aqueous cleaning removed both cesium and silicon simultaneously.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	102-104
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume	318
Issue number	PART A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.050
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aqueous cleaning
Radioactive cesium
Remediation
Rice straw

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Osada, N., Ishii, K., Matsuyama, S., Sugai, H., Kusano, K., Nozawa, Y., Yamauchi, S., Karahashi, M., Oshikawa, S., Kikuchi, K., Koshio, S., Watanabe, K., Itoh, S., Suzuki, Y., Terakawa, A., Kikuchi, Y., Fujishiro, F., Ishizaki, A., & Arai, H. (2014). Remediation of plants contaminated with cesium by aqueous cleaning. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 318(PART A), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.050

Osada, N, Ishii, K, Matsuyama, S, Sugai, H, Kusano, K, Nozawa, Y, Yamauchi, S, Karahashi, M, Oshikawa, S, Kikuchi, K, Koshio, S, Watanabe, K, Itoh, S, Suzuki, Y, Terakawa, A, Kikuchi, Y, Fujishiro, F, Ishizaki, A & Arai, H 2014, 'Remediation of plants contaminated with cesium by aqueous cleaning', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 318, no. PART A, pp. 102-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.06.050

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