Vertical profiles of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP-derived radiocesium concentrations in the waters of the southwestern Okhotsk Sea (2011-2017)
Vertical profiles of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP-derived radiocesium concentrations in the waters of the southwestern Okhotsk Sea (2011-2017)
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.04.021
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发表时间:
2018-12-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Nagao, Seiya
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作者:
Inoue, Mutsuo;Morokado, Toshiki;Nagao, Seiya
We examined the vertical Cs-134 and Cs-132 concentration profiles in the southwestern Okhotsk Sea in 2011, 2013, and 2017. In June 2011, atmospheric deposition-derived 134Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) was detected at depths of 0-200 m (0.06-0.6 mBq/L). In July 2013, Cs-134 detected at depths of 100-200 m (similar to 0.05 mBq/L) was ascribed to the transport of low-level Cs-134-contaminated water and/or the convection of radioactive depositions ( < 0.03 mBq/L at depths of 0-50 m). In July 2017, Cs-134 was detected in water samples at depths above 300 m (0.03-0.05 mBq/L), and the inventory, decay-corrected to the FDNPP accident date, exhibited its maximum value (85 Bq/m(2)) during this period. Combining temperature-salinity data with the concentrations of global fallout-derived Cs-137 led to a plausible explanation for this observation, which is a consequence of re-entry of FDNPP-derived radiocesium through the Kuril Strait from the northwestern North Pacific Ocean to the Okhotsk Sea and subsequent mixing with the south Okhotsk subsurface layer until 2017.