Behavior of iodine-129 in rice paddy fields
- National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, Nakaminato, Ibaraki (Japan). Div. of Radioecology
Transfer factors of iodine from soil to rice were obtained by laboratory experiments using {sup 125}I tracer. Two typical soil types in Japan, Andosol and Gray lowland soil, were used. The transfer factor (TF) is defined as concentration of the nuclide in a plant organ at harvest divided by concentration of the nuclide in dry soil. The TFs for brown (hulled) rice were 0.006 for Andosol and 0.002 for Gray lowland soil. The TFs for different organs of rice plants decreased in the order of blade > stem > rachis > unhulled rice {much_gt} brown rice. The concentration of iodine in soil solution under flooded conditions varied with time during cultivation. The iodine concentration in rice plants seemed to be influenced by the soil solution. The effect of removal of I-129 from paddy fields by harvesting rice plants was also modeled. Even assuming continuous deposition of I-129 on the field, annual harvesting of the blades and stems of rice plants could effectively reduce the amount of the nuclide in the root zone.
- OSTI ID:
- 377910
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941075-; ISBN 1-55899-253-7; TRN: 96:025033
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 18. international symposium on the scientific basis for nuclear waste management, Kyoto (Japan), 23-27 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Scientific basis for nuclear waste management 18. Part 1; Murakami, Takashi [ed.] [Ehime Univ., Matsuyama, Ehime (Japan). Dept. of Earth Sciences]; Ewing, R.C. [ed.] [Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences]; PB: 787 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 353
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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