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Distribution of 90Sr in the tree rings of a Japanese cedar exposed to the black rain from the Nagasaki atomic bomb

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Cedar sample was collected at the black rain area in Nagasaki city. A clear peak of 90Sr/Sr was observed in the 1924-1925 rings. To investigate the mobility of Sr in a cedar tree stem, strontium chloride solution was injected into a living tree, and the distribution profiles of Sr in the stem at 8 months later were determined. The strontium moves radially through the sapwood of a cedar stem but that it almost stops at the heartwood. It was concluded that the peak in the 1924-1925 rings was due to the black rain from the Nagasaki atomic bomb.

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  1. The Division of Human Environment, University of Human Environments, 6-2 Kamisanbonmatsu, Motojuku, Okazaki, Aichi 444-3505, Japan

    Yukio Katayama

  2. Radioisotope Research Center, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

    T. Aoki

  3. Radioisotope Research Center, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

    T. Aoki

  4. The Division of Human Environment, University of Human Environments, 6-2 Kamisanbonmatsu, Motojuku, Okazaki, Aichi 444-3505, Japan

    M. Nagai

  5. The Division of Human Environment, University of Human Environments, 6-2 Kamisanbonmatsu, Motojuku, Okazaki, Aichi 444-3505, Japan

    M. Nagai

  6. Faculty of Education, Nara University of Education, Takabatake-cho, Nara 630-8528, Japan

    T. Nagatomo

  7. Faculty of Education, Nara University of Education, Takabatake-cho, Nara 630-8528, Japan

    T. Nagatomo

  8. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

    N. Okada

  9. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

    N. Okada

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Katayama, Y., Aoki, T., Aoki, T. et al. Distribution of 90Sr in the tree rings of a Japanese cedar exposed to the black rain from the Nagasaki atomic bomb. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 267, 279–286 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-006-0046-4

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