Research with radiation and radioisotopes to better understand plant physiology and agricultural consequences of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
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- 作者：Tomoko M. Nakanishi
- 关键词：Neutron imaging ; Water imaging and measurement ; Radioisotope ; Real ; time radioisotope imaging system ; Plant physiology ; Fukushima nuclear accident ; Agricultural impact of contamination
- 刊名：Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：311
- 期：2
- 页码：947-971
- 全文大小：21290KB
- 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
- 刊物主题：Nuclear Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Diagnostic Radiology; Inorganic Chemistry;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1588-2780
- 卷排序：311
文摘
Research carried out by me and my group over the last almost four decades are summarized here. The main emphasis of my work was and continues to be on plant physiology using radiation and radioisotopes. Plants live on water and inorganic elements. In the case of water, we developed neutron imaging methods and produced 15O-labeled water (half-life 2 min) and applied them to understand water circulation pattern in the plant. In the case of elements, we developed neutron activation analysis methods to analyze a large number of plant tissues to follow element specific distribution. Then, we developed real-time imaging system using conventional radioisotopes for the macroscopic and microscopic observation of element movement. After the accident in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, we, the academic staff of Graduate School, have been studying agricultural effects of radioactive fallout; the main results are summarized in two books published by Springer.