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Isotope Composition and Chemical Species of Monthly Precipitation Collected at the Site of a Fusion Test Facility in Japan

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  • Naofumi Akata

    (Department of Radiation Chemistry, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8564, Japan)

  • Masahiro Tanaka

    (Department of Helical Plasma Research, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki 509-5292, Gifu, Japan)

  • Chie Iwata

    (Department of Engineering and Technical Services, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki 509-5292, Gifu, Japan)

  • Akemi Kato

    (Department of Engineering and Technical Services, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki 509-5292, Gifu, Japan)

  • Miki Nakada

    (Department of Engineering and Technical Services, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Toki 509-5292, Gifu, Japan)

  • Tibor Kovács

    (Institute of Radiochemistry and Radioecology, University of Pannonia, H-820010 Egyetem Str, Veszprém, Hungary)

  • Hideki Kakiuchi

    (Department of Radioecology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Aomori 039-3212, Japan)

Abstract

The deuterium plasma experiment was started using the Large Helical Device (LHD) at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) in March 2017 to investigate high-temperature plasma physics and the hydrogen isotope effects towards the realization of fusion energy. In order to clarify any experimental impacts on precipitation, precipitation has been collected at the NIFS site since November 2013 as a means to assess the relationship between isotope composition and chemical species in precipitation containing tritium. The tritium concentration ranged from 0.10 to 0.61 Bq L −1 and was high in spring and low in summer. The stable isotope composition and the chemical species were unchanged before and after the deuterium plasma experiment. Additionally, the tritium concentration after starting the deuterium plasma experiment was within three sigma of the average tritium concentration before the deuterium plasma experiment. These results suggested that there was no impact by tritium on the environment surrounding the fusion test facility.

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  • Naofumi Akata & Masahiro Tanaka & Chie Iwata & Akemi Kato & Miki Nakada & Tibor Kovács & Hideki Kakiuchi, 2019. "Isotope Composition and Chemical Species of Monthly Precipitation Collected at the Site of a Fusion Test Facility in Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-11, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:20:p:3883-:d:276057
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