Dataset on the 6-year radiocesium transport in rivers near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Keisuke Taniguchi; Yuichi Onda; Hugh G. Smith; William Blake; Kazuya Yoshimura; Yosuke Yamashiki; Takayuki Kuramoto

doi:10.1038/s41597-020-00774-x

Scientific Data (Dec 2020)

Dataset on the 6-year radiocesium transport in rivers near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant

Keisuke Taniguchi,
Yuichi Onda,
Hugh G. Smith,
William Blake,
Kazuya Yoshimura,
Yosuke Yamashiki,
Takayuki Kuramoto

Affiliations

Keisuke Taniguchi: Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba
Yuichi Onda: Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba
Hugh G. Smith: Landcare Research
William Blake: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth
Kazuya Yoshimura: Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Yosuke Yamashiki: Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University
Takayuki Kuramoto: Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00774-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Measurement(s) Cesium-137 Gamma Radiation • Cesium-134 Gamma Radiation • Latitude • Longitude • grain size • radiocesium flux • radioactivity concentration Technology Type(s) gamma-ray spectroscopy • GPS navigation system • laser diffraction particle size analyzer • Calculation Factor Type(s) geographic location Sample Characteristic - Environment suspended sediment Sample Characteristic - Location Abukuma River • Fukushima Prefecture • Miyagi Prefecture Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.13055315

Published in Scientific Data

ISSN: 2052-4463 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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