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Non-destructive detection of particulate radiocesium using a non-woven fabric cartridge filter for rapid preprocessing

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A nondestructive method for monitoring 137Cs in particulate matter in natural water was developed, to expedite preprocessing time. Suspended solids collected on a nonwoven fabric cartridge filter were directly analyzed for 137Cs without preprocessing; a formula was determined for geometric correction of the radiation source in the cartridge. The ratio of the 137Cs radioactivity in the cartridge determined by the nondestructive method to the actual 137Cs radioactivity determined by a destructive method was estimated to be 1.14 for 44 water samples, and this value was also valid for various experimental conditions and soils with various particle size distributions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank EAC Corporation, Japan Environment Science Co., Ltd., and Dr. H. Suzuki of Chiba University for conducting the radioactivity analyses; Mr. M. Hatakeyama of EAC Corporation for technical support in dismantling the cartridge filters; Dr. T. Kobayashi and Ms. R. Yamamoto of Chiba University for data reference; and Dr. T. Nishikiori of the National Institute for Environmental Studies for data donation. This study was financially supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (through Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis).

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  1. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan

    Hideki Tsuji & Tetsuo Yasutaka

  2. Japan Vilene Company, Ltd, Moriyama, Shiga, Japan

    Yoshihiko Kondo & Shoji Kawashima

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Table A1 137Cs radioactivity determined by the nondestructive detection and the destructive detection methods. The SS concentration was calculated by dividing the SS weight by the water flow volume
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Relationship between the amount of 137Cs detected in the U-8 container in the normal direction (destructive detection) and the amount of 137Cs on the cartridge detected directly (nondestructive detection). Approximate lines with zero intercepts were adopted. Error bars indicate Ge detector counting errors

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Tsuji, H., Kondo, Y., Kawashima, S. et al. Non-destructive detection of particulate radiocesium using a non-woven fabric cartridge filter for rapid preprocessing. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1803–1810 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3800-z

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