2020 Fall Meeting

Presentation information

Oral presentation

VII. Health Physics and Environmental Science » Health Physics and Environmental Science

[3A01-06] Environmental Dynamics

Fri. Sep 18, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Room A (Zoom room 1)

Chair:Kimiaki Saito(JAEA)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[3A02] Migration of radium isotopes in the former open-pit mining site of the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center

*Yuichi Kuribara1, Akiko Yamaguchi1,2, Shogo Higaki2, Yoshiyuki Ohara1, Yoshio Takahashi2 (1. JAEA , 2. Univ. of Tokyo)

Keywords:radium, Ningyo-toge, former open-pit mining site

In order to investigate the migration of radium isotopes in the former open-pit mining site of the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, the U- and Th-series nuclides including radium isotopes in the boring core samples inside and outside the site were analyzed. Additionally, to clarify the partitions of 226Ra in the solid phase, sequential extraction experiments were conducted on the Ningyo-Toge layer and the weathered granite layer. As a result, it was estimated that the radium isotopes were migrated from the Ningyo-Toge layer to the weathered granite layer below it.