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A method for the rapid and simultaneous monitoring of particulate and dissolved 137Cs concentration in water was developed. This method uses pleated polypropylene nonwoven fabric filter to collect particulate radiocesium, and nonwoven fabric impregnated with Prussian blue (PB) to absorb dissolved radiocesium. The fabric was placed into cylindrical plastic cartridges (SS-cartridge and PB-cartridge). Traditional monitoring methods, such as evaporative concentration, often require time for pre-processing. However, this method described requires much less pre-processing time before the detection. Experiments conducted with simulated river water demonstrated that almost all of the suspended solids weight was collected in the SS-cartridge, and that more than 92 % of dissolved 137Cs was absorbed onto the two PB-cartridges by 2.5 L/min flow rate when the range of the pH was 6–8. This device was applied to monitor Abukuma River water at two locations and the results were compared with those obtained using the filtrating and evaporative concentration method. The suspended solids concentration in river water, calculated by weight gain of the SS-cartridge and by sediment weight after filtration with a 0.45-μm membrane filter, agreed well. The radioactivity of the particulate and dissolved 137Cs also agreed well in one of the two replications of this method. In addition, the required time for pre-processing was reduced by 60 times that by filtrating and evaporative concentration method. This method can separately collect and concentrate particulate and dissolved radiocesium rapidly and simultaneously in the field.
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The authors would like to thank the EAC Corporation and the JAPAN environment science Co., Ltd for conducting the radioactivity analysis, Masato Hatakeyama for the technical support, and the Fukushima Agricultural Technology Centre for the monitoring support. This study was financially supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (through the development of systems and technology for advanced measurement and analysis).
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Tsuji, H., Kondo, Y., Suzuki, Y. et al. Development of a method for rapid and simultaneous monitoring of particulate and dissolved radiocesium in water with nonwoven fabric cartridge filters. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 299, 139–147 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2735-0
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