[M-AG38_2PM2] Dynamics of radionuclides emitted from Fukuchima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the environment

[MAG38-P08_PG] Estimate of relationship between composition of aerosol and radioactive cesium observed in Namie Town, Fukushima Pref.

3-min talk in an oral session

*Misako TANAKA¹, Kazuyuki KITA¹, Takeshi KINASE¹, Himiko KINO¹, Hiroyuki DEMIZU², Yasuhito IGARASHI³, Masao MIKAMI³, Kouji ADACHI³, Toru KIMURA⁴, Hiroto KAWASHIMA⁵, Naohiro YOSHIDA⁶, Sakae TOYODA⁶, Keita YAMADA⁶, Hirosi OKOCHI⁷, Eri YAMANOKOSHI⁷, Atsushi SHINOHARA⁸, Kazuhiko NINOMIYA⁸, Izumi NAKAI⁹, Yoshinari ABE⁹, Masahide ISHIZUKA¹⁰, Yuichi ONDA¹¹ (1.Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, 2.Faculty of Engineering, Ibaraki University, 3.Meteorology Research Institute, 4.ATOX Co., Ltd., 5.Akita Prefectural University, 6.Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 7.Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 8.Graduate school of Science, Osaka University, 9.Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 10.Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 11.Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, Tsukuba University)

Keywords:Fukushima daiichi nuclear plant accident, environmental radioactivity

Radionuclides emitted from the Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant (FNDPP) have been deposited on the soil, ocean and vegetation. Re-suspension of radioactive cesium from the soil and vegetation to the atmosphere may be one of signi?cant path in the diffusion of radionuclides after the accident. Therefore, the quantitative understanding of these re-suspensions is important to understand future transition of radionuclides. Identification of aerosol species which bring Cs-134/137 is necessary to understand the mechanism of re-suspension, and its efficiency. We have measured atmospheric concentration of radiation by Cs-134/137 in Namie high school where is away 30km from FNDPP. We have set seven high-volume air samplers (HV) at the site and one operated for 24 hours day by day. Then gamma-ray emission from HVsamples was measured with Ge detector.In this way we have gotten atmospheric concentration of radiation which interval is one day.While sampling, we measure atmospheric concentration of aerosol: black carbon, sulfate, and the number of particle which have size dependence using Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI). We have analyzed the aerosols which had collected on HV filter with chemical analysis such as chromatograph.We examined for correlation between the results of analysis and atmospheric concentration of radiation. And we examined what factor affects atmospheric concentration of radiation, and where the factor comes from using Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF). The PMF is multivariate analysis which estimates factor profile and factor contribution from observed value. The analysis needs only the observed value and number of factor (i.e. need not source profile), so there is possibility of finding the unexpected source. This study used the date of March and August , 2013 .