Artificial Radionuclide Databases
Geochemical Res. Dep./MRI databases and sample archives
Geochemical Res. Dep./MRI provides files of computer databases from its current and historical programs since 1955 together with the published data at other institutes/organizations.
Now two database become available
1.
Artificial
Radionuclides in the Pacific Ocean - HAM database
2.
The
Integrated Global Fallout Database - IGFD
The database files are Microsoft Access files and available on request via cloud server.
1. Artificial Radionuclides in the
Pacific Ocean - HAM database:
Historical Artificial Radionuclides in the Pacific Ocean and its Marginal Seas database, HAM database, include 90Sr, 137Cs and 239,240Pu in the seawater in the Pacific Ocean and its Marginal Seas from sea surface to the bottom.
Over 3000 data are available for the Pacific Ocean particularly for North Pacific Ocean.
The major sources of data are as follows;
GRD/MRI data from several scientific papers in the Pacific ocean since 1955 .
Scientific papers, reports and books 1960-1995.
The annual reports of Hydrographic Department/Maritime Safety Agency /Japan since 1977-1997
Acknowledgment
The authors thank researchers and scientists who conducted/who is conducting studies in this field for long period. The authors also express special thanks to Ms. Kayono Yamamoto for her effort input/making the database from many publications during these months.
References:
Michio Aoyama and Katsumi Hirose, The Temporal and Spatial Variation of 137Cs Concentration in the Western North Pacific and its Marginal Seas during the Period from 1979 to 1988, J.Environ. Radioactivity, 29, No.1, 57-74, 1995.
Yasuo Miyake, Katsuko Saruhashi, Yukio Sugimura, Teruko Kanazawa and Katsumi Hirose, Contents of 137Cs, Plutonium and Americium Isotopes in the Southern Ocean Waters, Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics, 39, No.3, 95-113, 1988.
Yutaka Nagaya and Kiyoshi Nakamura, Artifical Radionuclides in the Western Northwest Pacific (Ⅱ): 137Cs and 239,240Pu Inventories in Water and Sediment Columns Observed from 1980 to 1986, Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 43, 345-355, 1987.
Yutaka Nagaya and Kiyoshi Nakamura, 239,240Pu, 137Cs and 90Sr in the Central North Pacific, Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 40, 416-424, 1984.
Yutaka Nagaya and Kiyoshi Nakamura, Artifical Radionuclides in the Western Northwest Pacific (I) 90Sr and 137Cs in the Deep Waters, Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 37, 135-144, 1981.
Vaughan T.Bowen, Victor E.Noshkin, Hugh D.Livingston and Herbert L.Volchoc, Fallout Radionuclides in the Pacific Ocean: Vertical and Horizonal Distributions, Largely from Geosecs Stations, Earth and PlanetaryScience Letters 49, 411-434, 1980.
Yasuo Miyake, Katsuko Saruhashi, Yukio Sugimura, Yukio Katsuragi and Teruko Kanazawa, Nuclear Weapons and Radioactive Pollution of the Earth's Environment, 12, No.4, 195-219, 1978.
Yutaka Nagaya and Kiyoshi Nakamura, 90Sr and 137Cs Contents in the Surface Waters of the Adjacent Seas of Japan and the North Pacific during 1969 to 1973, Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 32, 228-234, 1976.
Y. Miyake and Y. Sugimura, The Plutonium Content of Pacific Ocean Waters, IAEA-SM199/22, 1978, Geochemical Laboratory Meteorological Research Institute, geoch.OA1
Katsuko Saruhashi, Yukio Katsuragi, Teruko Kanazawa, Yukio Sugimura and Yasuo Miyake, 90Sr and 137Cs in the Pacific Waters, Records of Oceaographic Works in Japan, 13, No.1, 1975.
Nagaya Yutaka and Kiyoshi Nakamura, A Study on the Vertical Transport of 90Sr and 137Cs in the Surface Waters of the Seas around Japan, Journal Of Radiation Research 11-1, 32-43, 1970.
Yasuo Miyake and Yukio Sugimura, Plutonium Content in the Western North Pacific Waters, Papers in Meteorology and Geophysics, 19, No.3, 481-485, 1968.
Wallage S.Broecker and Erno R.bonebakker, The Vertical Distribuyion of Cesium137 and Strontium90 in the Oceans, 2, Journal of Geophysical Research, 71,No.8, 1966.
Y. Miyake and K. Saruhashi, Radioactive Contamination of the Western North Pacific, Secod International Conference on Water Pollution Research,Section3, No.11, 152-159,1964.
Katsuko Saruhashi, Atomic Power and Ocean, 12, No.4, 1964.
Miyake Yasuo, Saruhashi Katuko, Katsuragi Yukio and Teruko Kanazawa, Penetration of 90Sr and 137Cs in deep layers of the Pacific and Vertical Diffusion Rate of Deep Water, Journal of Radiation Research 3-3, 141-147, 1962.
Miyake Yasuo, Saruhashi Katsuko, Katsuragi Yukio and Teruko Kanazawa, Penetration of 90Sr and 137Cs in deep layers of the pacific and vertical diffusion rate of deep water, Journal of Radiation Research 3-3, 141-147, 1962.
Theodore R.Folsom, Dr. G.J.Mohanrao and Perrin Winchell, Fall-out Caesium in Surface Sea Water off the California Coast (1959-60) by Gamma-ray Measurements, Nature, 187, 1960.
Yasuo Miyake, Artifical
Radioactivity in the Pacific Ocean, Records of Oceanographic Works in Japan, 2,
No.2, 1955.
2. The Integrated Global Fallout
Database - IGFD
- Introduction
The Integrated Global Fallout Database (IGFD) provides information on world wide fallout data.
This database contains;
90Sr, 137Cs and 239,240Pu monthly fallout
at
13 stations from MRI fallout program
28 stations from AERE/AEA program
167 stations from HASL/EML global fallout program
for the period
from 1954
to 1998.
When the monthly fallout were not available, monthly fallout were estimated from quarterly/bimonthly fallout data dividing the corresponding number of months.
- Graphic presentation of monthly 90Sr and 137Cs fallout.
The graphic presentation of monthly 90Sr and 137Cs fallout for all stations in this database are given in appendix A in the order of station lists, table 1,2 and 3.(in postscript files or printed)
The unit of monthly fallout is Bq m-2 ( or MBq km-2).
The crosses show monthly 137Cs deposition and the circles show monthly 90Sr deposition.
All figures are also available in postscript files, those will be in CD-ROM in the future together with the monthly fallout data for each station..
3. Reconstruction of the monthly 137Cs fallout since July 1945.
For the period from July 1945 to 1954, annual deposition of 137Cs for Tsukuba/Japan were estimated by Aoyama (1998). Then the monthly deposition gives dividing the estimated annual deposition by 12. The temporary station name for this time series of fallout is MRI000.
Acknowledgment
The authors thank researchers and scientists who conducted/who is conducting fallout studies for long long period. The authors also express special thanks to Ms. Kayono Yamamoto for her effort input/making the database from many publications during these months.
References
Aoyama, M., K. Hirose, T. Miyao and Y. Igarashi, Annual deposition of 137Cs at Tsukuba/Tokyo during the period from July 1945 to 1997 and 137Cs activity in surface water in the western North Pacific, J. Rad. Res., Abstract of the 1998 annual meeting, in press 1998
Hirose, K., Aoyama, Y. Katsuragi and Y. Sugimura, Annual deposition of Sr-90, Cs－137 and Pu－239，240 from the 1961-1980 Nuclear Explosions: A Simple Model, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 65, 259－277, 1987
Igarashi. Y., M. Aoyama, T. Miyao, K. Hirose and M. Tomita, Anomalous 90Sr deposition during fall 1995 at MRI, Tsukuba, Japan, J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 239, 539-542, 1999
Katsuragi, Y., A study of Sr－90 fallout in Japan, Pap. Meteor. Geophys., 277－291, 1983.
Katsuragi, Y. and M. Aoyama, Seasonal variation of 90Sr fallout in Japan through the end of 1983, Pap. Met. Geophys., 37, 15-36, 1986
AERE/AEA reports during the period from 1957 to 1992:
PLAYFORD, K., G. N. J. LEWIS and R. C. CARPENTER, "Radioactive Fallout in Air and Rain : Results to the end of 1990." AEA - EE - 0362(1992)
PLAYFORD, K., G. N. J. LEWIS and R. C. CARPENTER, "Radioactive Fallout in Air and Rain : Results to the end of 1989." AEA - EE - 0227(1990)
CAMBRAY, R.S., K. PLAYFORD, G. N. J. LEWIS and R. C. CARPENTER, "Radioactive Fallout in Air and Rain : Results to the end of 1988."
AERE - R 13575.(1990)
References below are similar nature to the reference above and contain results up to the end of the appropriate year;
AERE - R 13226.(1989)
AERE - R 12872.(1987)
AERE - R 11915.(1985)
AERE - R 11475(1984)
AERE - R 10859(1983)
AERE - R 10485(1982)
AERE - R 10088(1981)
AERE - R 9672(1980) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
AERE - R 9441(1979)
AERE - R 9016(1978) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
AERE - R 8671(1977)
AERE - R 8267(1976)
CAMBRAY, R.S., FISHER Miss E.M.R., EAKINS, J.D., and PEIRSON, D.H.,
"Radioactive Fallout in Air and Rain : Results to the middle of 1974" AERE - R 7832 (1974)
References below are similar nature to the reference above and contain results up to the end of the appropriate year;
AERE - R 7540(1973)
AERE - R 7245(1972)
AERE - R 6923(1971) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
AERE - R 6556(1970)
AERE - R 6212(1969)
AERE - R 5889(1968)
AERE - R 5575(1967) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
AERE - R 5260(1966)
AERE - R 4997(1965)
AERE - R 4687(1964)
AERE - R 4392(1963)
AERE - R 4094(1962) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
AERE - R 3766(1961) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
CROOKS,R.N., OSMOND, R.G.D., FISHER, Miss E.M.R., OWERS, M.J., EVETT, T.W. "The Deposition of Fission Products from Distant Test Explosions : Results to the middle of 1960" AERE - R 3349 (1960)
CROOKS,R.N., OSMOND, R.G.D., OWERS, M.J., FISHER, Miss E.M.R., "The
Deposition of Fission Products from Distant Nuclear Test Explosions Results to mid - 1959" AERE - R 3094 (1959)
STEWART, N.G., OSMOND, R.G.D., CROOKS, R.N., FISHER, Miss E.M.R., OWERS, M.J., "The Deposition of Long - lived Fission Products from Nuclear Test Explosions Results up to the middle of 1958." AERE - HP/R 2790 (1959) - not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI STEWART, N.G., OSMOND, R.G.D., CROOKS, R.N., FISHER, Miss E.M.R., "The Worldwide Deposition of Long - lived Fission Products from Nuclear Test Explosions." AERE - HP/R 2354 (1957)
PEIRSON, D.H., CROOKS, R.N., FISHER, Miss E.M.R., "Radioactive Fallout in Air and Rain- R 3358 (1960) not used this time because of lacking this volume in MRI
EML/HASL reports during the period from 1965 to 1996;
Feely, H.W., "Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1976"
USERDA Report HASL - 328, pp. 1-85-I-103, 1977
Hardy, E.P., Jr., "Analysis of Quality Control Samples at HASL and a Contractor Laboratory - during 1972" USERDA Report HASL - 268, 1973
Hardy, E.P., Jr., "Final Tabulation of Monthly 90Sr Fallout Data, 1954 - 1976" USERDA Report HASL - 329, 1977
Juzdan, Z.R., "Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1985"
USDOE Report EML - 515, 1988
Larsen, R.J., "Graphic Presentation of Quarterly 90Sr Fallout Data, 1954 - 1982" USDOE Report EML - 424, 1984a
Larsen, R.J., "Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1982"
USDOE Report EML - 430, 1984b
Larsen, R.J., "Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1983"
USDOE Report EML - 444, 1985
Larsen, R.J. and C.G. Sanderson, "EML Surface Air Sampling Program, 1989 Data" USDOE Report EML - 541, 1991
Monetti, M.A. and R.J. Larsen, "Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1986" USDOE Report EML - 533, 1991
Monetti, M.A.,"Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1990"
USDOE Report EML - 579,1996
Toonkel，L．E．，Worldwide deposition of Sr－90 through 1980，U．S．department of Energy，report．EML－395，I－63 － I－72，1981．
Volchok, H.L., "Worldwide Deposition of 90Sr through 1964"
USAEC Report HASL - 245, pp. 268 - 284, 1965
Latest update : 29 September 2014
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