Radiocesium in Japan Sea associated with sinking particles from Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.

This study examined the temporal variations in radiocesium concentration associated with sinking particles in the northeastern Japan Sea between September 2010 and July 2012. We analyzed sediment trap samples from this period after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011. Cesium-134 was detected in samples collected between May and July 2011 at a depth of 1100 m (4.

Biofuel production utilizing a dual-phase cultivation system with filamentous cyanobacteria.

Biomass yields and biofuel production were examined in a dual (solid and liquid)-phase cultivation system (DuPHA) with the unique filamentous cyanobacteria, Pseudanabaena sp. ABRG 5-3 and Limnothrix sp. SK1-2-1.

Spatial variations of 226Ra, 228Ra, 137Cs, and 228Th activities in the southwestern Okhotsk Sea.

We collected 14 water column seawater samples in the southwestern Okhotsk Sea and 7 surface samples around the northern area of Hokkaido Island, Northern Japan, and employed low-background γ-spectrometry with convenient minimal radiochemical processing to determine the activities of (226)Ra (half-life t(1/2)=1600 y), (228)Ra (5.75 y), (137)Cs (30.2 y), and (228)Th (1.

Detection and temporal variation of (60)Co in the digestive glands of the common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, in the East China Sea.

(60)Co were detected in common octopus specimens collected in the East China Sea in 1996-2005. The source of (60)Co has remained unclear yet. Stable isotope analyses showed that there was no difference in stable Co concentrations between octopus samples with (60)Co and without (60)Co.