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New applications of KNiFC-PAN resin for broad scale monitoring of radiocesium following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster

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The absorber KNiFC-PAN, potassium-nickel hexacyanoferrate (II) (KNiFC) bound into modified polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is capable of absorbing radiocesium with up to 99 % recovery. KNiFC-PAN was used to collect cesium during several cruises near Fukushima, Japan, and the U.S. and Canadian west coasts by passing seawater through 5 ml of KNiFC absorber followed by counting on a germanium well detector. Other applications of this resin include in situ collection via the use of the Clio SUPR sampler during a cruise in the Marshall Islands, and development of a wearable device containing the resin.

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  1. Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA, 02536, USA

    C. F. Breier, S. M. Pike & K. O. Buesseler

  2. Department of Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Rd., Woods Hole, MA, 02536, USA

    K. Tradd & J. A. Breier

  3. Czech Technical University, Centre for Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

    F. Sebesta

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Breier, C.F., Pike, S.M., Sebesta, F. et al. New applications of KNiFC-PAN resin for broad scale monitoring of radiocesium following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 2193–2200 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4421-x

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