Analysis of particles containing alpha emitters in stagnant water in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station's Unit 3 reactor building.


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Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

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Date de publication:
28 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 28 02 2024
accepted: 20 06 2024
medline: 29 6 2024
pubmed: 29 6 2024
entrez: 28 6 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Particles containing alpha (α) nuclides were identified from sediment in stagnant water in the Unit 3 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDiNPS). We analyzed different concentrations of α-nuclide samples collected at two sampling sites, the torus room and the main steam isolation valve (MSIV) room. The solids in the stagnant water samples were classified, and the uranium (U) and total alpha concentrations of each fraction were measured by dissolution followed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and α-spectrometry. Most of the α-nuclides in the stagnant water samples from the torus and MSIV rooms were in particle fractions larger than 10 μm. We detected uranium-bearing particles ranging from sub-µm to 10 µm in size by scanning electron microscopy-energy-dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX) observations. The chemical forms of U particles were determined in U-Zr oxides, oxidized UO

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pubmed: 38942918
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-65522-2
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-65522-2
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Journal Article

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eng

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IM

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14945

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Takumi Yomogida (T)

Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan. yomogida.takumi@jaea.go.jp.

Kazuki Ouchi (K)

Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan.

Shiori Morii (S)

Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan.

Toshitaka Oka (T)

Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan.

Yoshihiro Kitatsuji (Y)

Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan.

Yoshikazu Koma (Y)

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Fukushima, 979-1151, Japan.

Katsuhiro Konno (K)

Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Fukushima, 979-1301, Japan.

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