Structural and compositional characteristics of Fukushima release particulate material from Units 1 and 3 elucidates release mechanisms, accident chronology and future decommissioning strategy

Abstract The structural form and elemental distribution of material originating from different Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors (Units 1 and 3) is hereby examined to elucidate their contrasting release dynamics and the current in-reactor conditions to influence future decommissioning c...

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Main Authors: Peter G. Martin, Christopher P. Jones, Stuart Bartlett, Konstantin Ignatyev, Dave Megson-Smith, Yukihiko Satou, Silvia Cipiccia, Darren J. Batey, Christoph Rau, Keisuke Sueki, Tatsuya Ishii, Junya Igarashi, Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Atsushi Shinohara, Alison Rust, Thomas B. Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79169-2