The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident An Analysis from the Metre to the Nanometre Scale /

• Main Author: Martin, Peter George (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Nuclear physics.; Heavy ions.; System safety.; Nuclear energy.; Nuclear chemistry.; Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons.; Security Science and Technology.; Nuclear Energy.; Nuclear Chemistry.

This PhD sought to determine the mechanisms for the reactor explosions by mapping, collecting and analysing samples from across the area of Japan that received radioactive fallout from the explosions. In doing this, the author conducted significant fieldwork in the restricted-access fallout zone usi...

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and Accident
• Response, contamination and Release Estimates
• Field-based Methods
• Samples and Preparation
• Experimental Methods
• Contamination Deposition, Transportation and Remediation
• Particulate Distribution
• Uranium Particulate Analysis
• Structural and Compositional Analysis of Ejecta Material
• Spectroscopy and Isotopic Analysis of Ejecta Material
• Conclusions and future work
• Appendix.