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Extraction experiments on soil radioactively contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident were conducted by using a variety of extractants to acquire knowledge on the mobility of radioactive cesium in soil. The experimental results revealed that cesium is tightly bound with soil particles and that radioactive cesium newly deposited on soil due to the accident had apparently a higher mobility than stable cesium commonly existing in soil. The results suggested that radioactive cesium deposited on soil hardly migrates via aqueous processes, although chemical and mineralogical conditions of soil affect their mobility.
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Kikawada, Y., Hirose, M., Tsukamoto, A. et al. Mobility of radioactive cesium in soil originated from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster: application of extraction experiments. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 304, 27–31 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3713-x
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