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We present how radioactive Cs was deposited on wheat, rice, peach tree and soil after nuclear accident in Fukushima. The deposition of radioactive Cs was found as spots at the surface of the leaves, branch or trunk of the trees, as well as in soil using one of the imaging method, autoradiography. The deposited radioactive Cs was not easily washed out, even with the treatment of acid solution. When the wheat was harvested 2 months after the accident, high radioactivity of Cs was found only on the leaves developed and expanded at the time of the accident. In the case of the rice grain, most of the radioactivity was found in bran and the radioactivity was drastically reduced in milled rice. Most of the radioactive Cs accumulation in rice plants was estimated from the absorption of the Cs ion dissolved in water, rather than Cs adsorbed in soil.
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Nakanishi, T.M., Kobayashi, N.I. & Tanoi, K. Radioactive cesium deposition on rice, wheat, peach tree and soil after nuclear accident in Fukushima. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 296, 985–989 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-2154-7
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-2154-7