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Overview of active cesium contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and Eastern Japan
- Source :
- Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2013.
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Abstract
- This paper focuses on an overview of radioactive cesium 137 (quasi-Cs137 included Cs134) contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and eastern Japan based on the data published by the Fisheries Agency of the Japanese Government in 2011. In the area north and west of the Fukushima Nuclear plant, freshwater fish have been highly contaminated. For example, the mean of active cesium (quasi-Cs137) contamination of Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis) is 2,657 Bq/kg at Mano River, 20–40 km north-west from the plant. Bioaccumulation is observed in the Agano river basin in Aizu sub-region, 70–150 km west from the plant. The active cesium (quasi-Cs137) contamination of carnivorous Salmondae is around 2 times higher than herbivorous Ayu. The extent of active cesium (quasi-Cs137) contamination of Ayu is observed in the entire eastern Japan. The some level of the contamination is recognized even in Shizuoka prefecture, 400 km south-west from the plant.
- Subjects :
- Water Pollutants, Radioactive
Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Drainage basin
Fresh Water
Nuclear plant
Article
Japan
Rivers
Radiation Monitoring
Animals
geography
Multidisciplinary
geography.geographical_feature_category
biology
Fishes
Cesium Radioisotopes
Contamination
biology.organism_classification
Fishery
Bioaccumulation
Nuclear Power Plants
Freshwater fish
Environmental science
Plecoglossus altivelis
Radioactive Hazard Release
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....39459126d7f420f24d0fd045fa8801bb