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

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† Research Center for Fisheries Oceanography and Marine Ecosystem, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-12-4, Fuku-ura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan
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Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49, 12, 7294–7301
Publication Date (Web):May 22, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1021/es5051315
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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 γ-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 β-rays were emitted from otoliths of fishes caught in the port of FDNPP. β-ray intensities were correlated with the concentrations of radiocesium in muscles of the three fish species. In Japanese rockfish, the β-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 β-rays were detected from brown hakeling samples collected around FDNPP, suggesting that the detection of β-rays from otoliths may indicate living in the main harbor of FDNPP.

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Sampling date, sampling point, fish information, concentrations of 134Cs and 137Cs in muscles of fish with 1σ value derived from counting errors of γ-ray measurements, otolith weight, total β-ray counts of otolith, and concentrations of 134Cs, 137Cs, and 90Sr in the whole body without internal organs of fish in Japanese rockfish from the harbor of FDNPP (Table S1), sampling date, sampling point, fish information, concentration of 134Cs and 137Cs with 1σ value derived from counting errors of γ-ray measurements, otolith weight, and total β-ray counts of otolith in brown hakeling from the harbor of FDNPP (Table S2), sampling date, sampling point, fish information, concentration of 134Cs and 137Cs with 1σ value derived from counting errors of γ-ray measurements, otolith weight, and total β-ray counts of otolith in fat greenling from the harbor of FDNPP (Table S3), and sampling date, sampling point, fish information, concentration of 134Cs and 137Cs with 1σ value derived from counting errors of γ-ray measurements, otolith weight, and total β-ray counts of otolith in brown hakeling obtained around FDNPP (Table S4). The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI: 10.1021/es5051315.

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