Feasibility of using 236U to reconstruct close-in fallout deposition from the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
In: The Science of the total environment, Jg. 408 (2010-10-15), Heft 22, S. 5392
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The first results on the feasibility of using (236)U to reconstruct the level and spatial distribution of close-in fallout deposition from the Hiroshima A-bomb are reported, coupled with the use of global fallout (137)Cs and (239+240)Pu. The results for global fallout (236)U in soil samples (0-30cm) from Ishikawa prefecture showed that the deposition density of (236)U from the global fallout can be accurately evaluated using AMS. All deposited (236)U, (137)Cs and (239+240)Pu appeared to have been recovered using 30-cm cores. It was also noted from the depth profiles for (236)U/(239+240)Pu and (236)U/(137)Cs ratios that the downward behavior of (236)U in the soil was apparently similar to that of (239+240)Pu, while the (137)Cs was liable to be retained in upper layers compared with (236)U and (239+240)Pu. The accumulated levels were 1.78×10(13)atomsm(-2) for (236)U, 4340Bqm(-2) for (137)Cs and 141Bqm(-2) for (239+240)Pu. The ratios of (236)U/(137)Cs and (236)U/(239+240)Pu were (4.10±0.12)×10(9) and (1.26±0.04)×10(11)atomsBq(-1), respectively. Results of (236)U, (137)Cs and (239+240)Pu measurements for the seven soil cores (0-30cm) from Hiroshima were discussed on the basis of ratios of (236)U/(137)Cs and (236)U/(239+240)Pu by comparing with those from the background area in Ishikawa, indicating that the global fallout dominates the current level of (236)U accumulation in soil in the Black-rain area around Hiroshima after the Hiroshima bomb, and the contribution of the close-in fallout (236)U produced by the Hiroshima A-bomb seems difficult to observe.
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Feasibility of using 236U to reconstruct close-in fallout deposition from the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Sakaguchi, A ; Kawai, K ; Steier, P ; Imanaka, T ; Hoshi, M ; Endo, S ; Zhumadilov, K ; Yamamoto, M |
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Zeitschrift: | The Science of the total environment, Jg. 408 (2010-10-15), Heft 22, S. 5392 |
Veröffentlichung: | Amsterdam, Elsevier., 2010 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1879-1026 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.073 |
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