Transfer of 137Cs and stable Cs from paddy soil to polished rice in Aomori, Japan

Effects of Applying Potassium, Zeolite and Vermiculite on the Radiocesium Uptake by Rice Plants Grown in Paddy FieldSoils Collected from Fukushima Prefecture

“…Our results are consistent with previous findings that the uptake of radiocesium decreases with increasing content of both exchangeable K (Bilo et al, 1993;Zhu and Smolders, 2000) and total K (Tsukada et al, 2002) in soils. Since Cs is a group-I alkali metal with chemical properties similar to K, plant roots uptake Cs through the K pathways (Qi et al, 2008).…”

“…Both the exchangeable K content (Bilo et al, 1993;Zhu and Smolders, 2000) and the total K content (Tsukada et al, 2002) Cs in the soil (Tsumura et al, 1984). Thirdly, the environment surrounding the paddy fields should also be considered.…”

Determination of stable cesium and strontium in rice samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

“…The concentrations of both Cs and Sr observed from this work were higher than the previous work reported by Cheajesadagul et al [15] possibly due to the different year of rice cultivation [16] and the polishing rate or milling ratio for rice preparation [17]. Tsukada et al [18] reported that 7% and 10% of the total stable Cs were found in polished rice and bran, respectively. 0.6% and more than 99% of the total Sr were observed in polished rice and in the non-edible parts [19].…”

Cesium-137 deposition and contamination of Japanese soils due to the Fukushima nuclear accident

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