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The particle size distribution of radioactive aerosols, which originated from the released radioactive materials from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, has been observed using the Andersen-type classifier combined with a high volume air sampler. Estimated activity median aerodynamic diameters (AMADs) of 131I-, 134Cs- and 137Cs-aerosols were ranging from 0.56 to 0.60 μm, which were larger than that of 7Be-aerosols existing as an aerosol including cosmogenic radionuclide, about 0.2 μm.
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Muramatsu, H., Kawasumi, K., Kondo, T. et al. Size-distribution of airborne radioactive particles from the Fukushima accident. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1459–1463 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3690-0
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