Use of Otolith for Detecting Strontium-90 in Fish from the Harbor of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

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• 作者：Ken Fujimoto ; Shizuho Miki ; Hideki Kaeriyama ; Yuya Shigenobu ; Kaori Takagi ; Daisuke Ambe ; Tsuneo Ono ; Tomowo Watanabe ; Kenji Morinaga ; Kaoru Nakata ; Takami Morita
• 刊名：Environmental Science & Technology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：June 16, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：49
• 期：12
• 页码：7294-7301
• 全文大小：388K
• ISSN：1520-5851

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To clarify the level of contamination with radioactive cesium (radiocesium) discharged from Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), three fish species caught in the main harbor of FDNPP were subjected to 纬-ray analysis. The concentration of radiocesium in muscle differed among individual fish, even those of similar size of the same species, and showed little relation to the standard length of fish. The maximum concentration of radiocesium (202 kBq/kg wet) was detected from fat greenling samples. A comparison to data from outside the port indicated that the level of radiocesium contamination inside the port was higher than that outside. We found that 尾-rays were emitted from otoliths of fishes caught in the port of FDNPP. 尾-ray intensities were correlated with the concentrations of radiocesium in muscles of the three fish species. In Japanese rockfish, the 尾-ray count rates from otoliths were significantly correlated with the concentration of radiocesium and ⁹⁰Sr in the whole body without internal organs of Japanese rockfish. However, no 尾-rays were detected from brown hakeling samples collected around FDNPP, suggesting that the detection of 尾-rays from otoliths may indicate living in the main harbor of FDNPP.