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MEASURES AGAINST RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION DUE TO FUKUSHIMA FIRST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS PART III: REMOVING AND DECONTAMINATION OF CONTAMINATED SOIL

K. Ishii, A. Terakawa, S. Matsuyama, Arifumi Hasegawa, Kazuyoshi Nagakubo, T. Sakurada, Y. Kikuchi, M. Fujiwara, H. Yamazaki, H. YUHKI,

International Journal of PIXE · 2012 · 14 citations · 0 references

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Hazardous WasteEnvironmental ChemistryExponential DependenceNuclear Waste ManagementEngineeringRadioactive Cesium DistributionEnvironmental EngineeringRadioactive ContaminationRadioactive WasteEnvironmental RemediationSoil ContaminationRadioanalytical ChemistryRadioactive Cesium AtomsEnvironmental ToxicologyWaste ManagementRadioactive Waste Disposal

Abstract

We studied the structure of radioactive cesium distribution in soil and found the exponential dependence. This behavior could be explained theoretically. We developed a useful method to decontaminate the soil contaminated with radioactive cesium atoms. We applied our method to the contaminated school yards of elementary schools of Marumori town and decontaminated total area of about 7000 m 2 .