Isotope Composition and Chemical Species of Monthly Precipitation Collected at the Site of a Fusion Test Facility in Japan
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Overview of Study Site
2.2. Sample Collection and Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Tritium Concentration in Precipitation
3.2. Stable hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Composition in Precipitation
3.3. Ion Concentrations in Precipitation
3.4. Environmental Assessment of Impact from the Deuterium Plasma Experiment
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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SO42− | NO3− | Na+ | NH4+ | K+ | Mg2+ | Ca2+ | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cl− | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.97 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.81 | 0.56 |
SO42− | 0.85 | 0.30 | 0.80 | 0.42 | 0.30 | 0.56 | |
NO3− | 0.20 | 0.84 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.62 | ||
Na+ | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.79 | 0.54 | |||
NH4+ | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.60 | ||||
K+ | 0.04 | 0.17 | |||||
Mg2+ | 0.68 |
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Akata, N.; Tanaka, M.; Iwata, C.; Kato, A.; Nakada, M.; Kovács, T.; Kakiuchi, H. Isotope Composition and Chemical Species of Monthly Precipitation Collected at the Site of a Fusion Test Facility in Japan. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3883. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203883
Akata N, Tanaka M, Iwata C, Kato A, Nakada M, Kovács T, Kakiuchi H. Isotope Composition and Chemical Species of Monthly Precipitation Collected at the Site of a Fusion Test Facility in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(20):3883. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203883
Chicago/Turabian StyleAkata, Naofumi, Masahiro Tanaka, Chie Iwata, Akemi Kato, Miki Nakada, Tibor Kovács, and Hideki Kakiuchi. 2019. "Isotope Composition and Chemical Species of Monthly Precipitation Collected at the Site of a Fusion Test Facility in Japan" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 20: 3883. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203883