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Determination of 129I in the accumulated radioactive water and processed water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

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Accumulated radioactive water (AW) and processed water (PW) were sampled from certain locations of the accumulated radioactive water processing facility at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants, in order to estimate the radioactivity of the secondary waste such as zeolite and sludge, which adsorbed radioactive material. The method to separate iodide ion (I−) from other radionuclides using the solid phase extraction sorbent, Anion SR, was optimized to measure the concentration of 129I in the AW and PW samples. After the chemical separation, the concentration of 129I in the sampled water was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with a dynamic reaction cell (DRC-ICP-MS).

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The authors are grateful to Director General, Mr. Hasegawa, Unit manager, Mr. Funabashi, and Deputy Director General, Mr. Minato for their support and encouragement of this research.

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  1. Nuclear Cycle Backend Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2–4 Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan

    Asako Shimada, Keiichi Sakatani, Yutaka Kameo & Kuniaki Takahashi

  2. Fukushima Project Team, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2–4 Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, Japan

    Asako Shimada & Yutaka Kameo

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Shimada, A., Sakatani, K., Kameo, Y. et al. Determination of 129I in the accumulated radioactive water and processed water of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1137–1140 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3428-z

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