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Journal of Organic & Inorganic Chemistry
ISSN: 2472-1123
August 27-28, 2018
Zurich, Switzerland
Chemistry Education 2018
Page 15
8th Edition of International Conference on
Chemistry Education
and Research
Radioactive vegetation and crops was found in Minami-
Soma, Fukushima, Japan, 7 years after the Great East Japan
Earthquake, on March 11, 2011. The leak of radioactive 134Cs,
137Cs, 40K, 89Sr, 90Sr and traces of some radionuclides which
originated from the Fukushims Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
(FDNPP) accident were found in many kinds of vegetations
collected from Minami-Soma, Fukushima, which is 25 km away
from FDNPP. We document the mineralogy, the chemistry, and
themicro-morphology, using a combination of micro techniques.
Quantitative analyses of vegetation and crops, using Ge
semiconductor detector and energy-dispersive x-ray fluoresence
analyses (ED-XRF), x-ray powder diffraction analyses (XRD), and
scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive
spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The objective of this contribution
is to illustrate the ability of various vegitation with minerals
and microorganisms which are capable of absorbing both
radionuclides and stable isotopes from polluted paddy soils,
water and plants in extreme conditions near contaminated
Tetsuzan dam in Minami Soma, Fukushima in July 16-18 in
2018. In addition, we found deformed pine tree and pine cone
in Minami-Soma City, associated with high radioactivity of fallen
leaves and moss. The results obtained here provide evidence of
radiation reloaded and ecological impacts of the FDNPP, 7 yeras
later.
Biography
Tazaki Kazue has completed her PhD in Doctor of Science (Geology, Miner-
alogy), Tokyo Kyoiku University, Japan. She has worked as Post Doctorate
Visiting Fellow at Geological Survey of Canada, ISPG in Calgary, Research
Associate at McGill University in Montreal, and Senior Research Associate
at The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. She has
worked as Associate Professor, at Shimane University, and as Professor,
at Kanazawa University, Japan. She was a Visiting Professor at Lac Hong
University, in Vietnam and Visiting Professor at the University of Dodoma,
Tanzania. She has published more than 500 papers of Environmental Sci-
ences. She got many awards from the Geological Society of Japan, Natu-
ral Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Mineralogical
Society of Japan, Clay Mineralogical Association of Japan, Ishikawa TV,
the Earth Science Award of Chigaku Dantai Kenkyu-Kai, and the award of
International Solopetitmist Society Contribution.
Radioactive vegetation of the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant accident 7
years later in Japan
Tazaki Kazue
Kahokugata Lake Institute, Japan
Tazaki Kazue, J Org Inorg Chem 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2472-1123-C5-013