Micrometer-level naked-eye detection of caesium particulates in the solid state

Large amounts of radioactive material were released from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, contaminating the local environment. During the early stages of such nuclear accidents, iodine I-131 (half-life 8.02 d) is usually detectable in the surrounding atmosphere and bodies of water. On t...

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Main Author: Taizo Mori, Masaaki Akamatsu, Ken Okamoto, Masato Sumita, Yoshitaka Tateyama, Hideki Sakai, Jonathan P Hill, Masahiko Abe and Katsuhiko Ariga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/14/1/015002