Distribution of 239,240Pu in marine products from the seas around the Korean Peninsula after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident SCIE SCOPUS

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dc.contributor.author Kim S.-H. -
dc.contributor.author Lee S.-H. -
dc.contributor.author Lee H.-M. -
dc.contributor.author Hong G.-H. -
dc.date.accessioned 2020-12-10T07:49:18Z -
dc.date.available 2020-12-10T07:49:18Z -
dc.date.created 2020-05-08 -
dc.date.issued 2020-06 -
dc.identifier.issn 0265-931X -
dc.identifier.uri https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/38642 -
dc.description.abstract In March 2011, an earthquake caused the shutdown of the active reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), with the succeeding tsunami resulting in the release of radioactively contaminated water into the adjacent Japanese coastal waters. Marine biota selected from various trophic levels were collected in Korean coastal waters throughout 2014 and 2015 and their plutonium levels were measured to evaluate the radioactive contamination levels in the marine organisms that constitute the primary seafood diet in the Republic of Korea (ROK). The results showed that the activity concentrations of 239,240Pu in plankton, macroalgae, mollusks, crustaceans, and cephalopods ranged from 13 to 58, 0.64 to 0.80, 0.94 to 5.40, 0.06 to 0.50, and 0.26 mBq kg−1 of wet weight (w.w.), respectively. The activity concentrations of 239,240Pu measured in the muscles of fish varied from 0.09 to 0.30 mBq kg−1 (w.w.), relatively low values compared to those in other groups regardless of fish species, size, and sampling area. The concentration characteristics of 239,240Pu in the various organs in the respective marine products revealed that the internal organs showed higher concentrations than the muscle or skin (or exoskeleton). The highest concentration of 239,240Pu was measured in the viscera of an abalone, which had an activity concentration of 6.31 mBq kg−1 (w.w.). The concentration factors (CFs) in the >300-μm fraction of plankton and in anchovy, shrimp, and mackerel ranged 67–84% of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)-recommended values, although the CF in macroalgae was much lower at approximately 5% of IAEA values, suggesting a wide range of 239,240Pu CF in macroalgae. The mean transfer factor (TF) between macroalgae (0.6–0.8 mBq kg−1) and abalone (5.4 mBq kg−1) was estimated to be 7.5, implying that effective Pu transfer occurred between the two species. These figures equate to annual effective doses of 239,240Pu to Koreans through consumption of macroalgae, shellfish, and fish of 1.8 × 10−6, 1.4 × 10−6, and 7.1 × 10−7 mSv yr−1, respectively, and a total dose of 3.9 × 10−6 mSv yr−1, values that are negligible compared to the annual effective dose limit of 1 mSv yr−1. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd -
dc.description.uri 1 -
dc.language English -
dc.publisher Elsevier Ltd -
dc.title Distribution of 239,240Pu in marine products from the seas around the Korean Peninsula after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident -
dc.type Article -
dc.citation.title Journal of Environmental Radioactivity -
dc.citation.volume 217 -
dc.contributor.alternativeName 김석현 -
dc.contributor.alternativeName 이현미 -
dc.contributor.alternativeName 홍기훈 -
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, v.217 -
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106191 -
dc.identifier.scopusid 2-s2.0-85079556368 -
dc.identifier.wosid 000528583100002 -
dc.type.docType Article -
dc.description.journalClass 1 -
dc.description.isOpenAccess N -
dc.subject.keywordPlus food intake -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Fukushima nuclear accident -
dc.subject.keywordPlus human -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Japan -
dc.subject.keywordPlus limit of detection -
dc.subject.keywordPlus macroalga -
dc.subject.keywordPlus marine environment -
dc.subject.keywordPlus marine species -
dc.subject.keywordPlus mollusc -
dc.subject.keywordPlus muscle tissue -
dc.subject.keywordPlus nonhuman -
dc.subject.keywordPlus plankton -
dc.subject.keywordPlus radioactive contamination -
dc.subject.keywordPlus radioactivity -
dc.subject.keywordPlus sea -
dc.subject.keywordPlus sea food -
dc.subject.keywordPlus shellfish -
dc.subject.keywordPlus shrimp -
dc.subject.keywordPlus skin -
dc.subject.keywordPlus South Korea -
dc.subject.keywordPlus trophic level -
dc.subject.keywordPlus viscera -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Fukushima [Tohoku] -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Honshu -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Japan -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Korea -
dc.subject.keywordPlus South Korea -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Tohoku -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Cephalopoda -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Crustacea -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Decapoda (Crustacea) -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Engraulidae -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Haliotidae -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Mollusca -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Exoskeleton (Robotics) -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Fish -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Marine biology -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Marine pollution -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Molluscs -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Muscle -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Nuclear energy -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Nuclear fuels -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Nuclear power plants -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Nuclear reactor accidents -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Plankton -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Plant shutdowns -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Concentration factors -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Fukushima accidents -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plants -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Fukushima nuclear power plant accidents -
dc.subject.keywordPlus International atomic energy agency -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Marine products -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Radioactive contamination -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Trophic level -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Plutonium compounds -
dc.subject.keywordPlus plutonium 239 -
dc.subject.keywordPlus plutonium 240 -
dc.subject.keywordPlus bioaccumulation -
dc.subject.keywordPlus coastal water -
dc.subject.keywordPlus concentration (composition) -
dc.subject.keywordPlus dose-response relationship -
dc.subject.keywordPlus nuclear accident -
dc.subject.keywordPlus nuclear power plant -
dc.subject.keywordPlus plutonium isotope -
dc.subject.keywordPlus radioactive pollution -
dc.subject.keywordPlus sampling -
dc.subject.keywordPlus spatial distribution -
dc.subject.keywordPlus trophic level -
dc.subject.keywordPlus abalone -
dc.subject.keywordPlus anchovy -
dc.subject.keywordPlus Article -
dc.subject.keywordPlus bioaccumulation -
dc.subject.keywordPlus cephalopod -
dc.subject.keywordPlus coastal waters -
dc.subject.keywordPlus exoskeleton -
dc.subject.keywordPlus fish -
dc.subject.keywordAuthor 239,240Pu -
dc.subject.keywordAuthor Concentration factor (CF) -
dc.subject.keywordAuthor Effective radiation dose -
dc.subject.keywordAuthor Fukushima accident -
dc.subject.keywordAuthor Marine products -
dc.subject.keywordAuthor Trophic level -
dc.relation.journalWebOfScienceCategory Environmental Sciences -
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass scie -
dc.description.journalRegisteredClass scopus -
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