Ocean transport of radioactive materials

Michio Aoyama; Mitsuo Uematsu; Seiya Nagao; Takashi Ishimaru; Jota Kanda; Tatsuo Aono; Yukio Masumoto; Daisuke Tsumune; Zofia Baumann; Daniel J. Madigan; Nicholas S. Fisher

doi:10.1017/9781108574273.007

Ocean transport of radioactive materials

Michio Aoyama
, Mitsuo Uematsu
, Seiya Nagao
, Takashi Ishimaru
, Jota Kanda
, Tatsuo Aono
, Yukio Masumoto
, Daisuke Tsumune
, Zofia Baumann
, Daniel J. Madigan
, Nicholas S. Fisher

Fukushima University
The University of Tokyo
Kanazawa University
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
University of Connecticut
Harvard University

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Radioactive substances were released from the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident into the environment, beginning on 11 March 2011. A large amount of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere from the three damaged cores and 80% of it was deposited into the ocean. Radioactive materials also discharged directly into the ocean as leaked stagnant water from the reactor housing. River runoff and groundwater discharge can also be considered as minor sources of the FDNPS-derived radioactivity in the ocean.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Environmental Contamination from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Subtitle of host publication	Dispersion, Monitoring, Mitigation and Lessons Learned
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	128-166
Number of pages	39
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108574273
ISBN (Print)	9781108475808
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108574273.007
State	Published - Aug 16 2019

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Aoyama, M., Uematsu, M., Nagao, S., Ishimaru, T., Kanda, J., Aono, T., Masumoto, Y., Tsumune, D., Baumann, Z., Madigan, D. J., & Fisher, N. S. (2019). Ocean transport of radioactive materials. In Environmental Contamination from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Dispersion, Monitoring, Mitigation and Lessons Learned (pp. 128-166). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108574273.007

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