Radiocaesium transfer to crops in the Fukushima affected environments: a soil chemical and plant physiological approach KU Leuven
The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011 released large quantities of radiocaesium (RCs) isotopes into the terrestrial environments. This accident renewed our interest in the fate of RCs in agricultural ecosystems because the consumption of RCs-contaminated foods can be a significant pathway of radiation exposure to humans. The RCs cation distributed in soil solution can be absorbed by plants due to its analogy to ...