The behaviour of 137Cs in some edible fruits

Translocation of Radiocesium Released by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Japanese Chestnut and Chestnut Weevil Larvae

“…Since insects are one of the important factors in the food chain as potential prey of fish and animals, accumulation of information about the radiocesium transition to insects is important. Monte et al (1990) reported that the main radiocesium, (released from the CNPP accident) transfer route of edible fruit including chestnuts grown in Italy was from the plant surface (leaf and bark). Transfer factors of Table 1.…”

“…Radiocesium concentrations in each part of the Japanese chestnut fruit and tree, soil, and billbug larvae. European chestnut species were 0.7-1.4, which were calculated from Monte et al (1990) data (International Atomic Energy Agency, 2003. Radiocesium concentration in the fresh weight of the chestnut kernel was calculated using the moisture content of 50.8 ± 0.56% (mean ± SD, n = 3) of the chestnut fruit, and was 5. , respectively.…”

“…The chestnut fruit is a forest product eaten in Europe, China, and Japan (Korel and Balaban, 2009). After the CNPP accident, it was reported that chestnut fruits grown in Italy had a relatively high radiocesium transfer rate (Monte et al, 1990). Radiocesium released in the FDNPP accident detected from Japanese chestnuts (Castanea crenata Sieb.…”

Lessons from the Fukushima and Chernobyl accidents concerning the137Cs contamination of orchard fresh fruits

“…France (SCPRI, 1986;Maubert and Roussel, 1988;Silva et al, 1989;Monte et al, 1990;Anguissola Scotti and Silva, 1992). Grape samples were collected in northern, central and southern Italy together with the deposited activities reported by the authors for each geographical area.…”

“…After the Chernobyl accident, the few field surveys were mainly carried out in southern European countries, i.e. Greece, Italy and France (Silva et al, 1989;Monte et al, 1990;Antonopoulos-Domis et al, 1991;Anguissola Scotti and Silva, 1992;Antonopoulos-Domis et al, 1996;Carini et al, 1996;Carini and Lombi, 1997;Madoz-Escande et al, 1997, 1998Carini, 1999;Carini and Bengtsson, 2001;Renaud et al, 2003b). These did not provide enough quantitative information to enable the development of dynamic modeling approaches or estimate robust parameter values, e.g.…”