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Shigeo Uchida is affiliated with the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields centered on environmental science, health professions, and chemistry, with a notable focus on radiological studies.

The scientist's main research areas include:

  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Radioactivity and radon measurements
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Nuclear and radioactivity studies
  • Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
  • Agriculture, soil, plant science
  • Nuclear physics and applications

Their work further breaks down into specialized subfields such as global and planetary change, radiological and ultrasound technology, inorganic chemistry, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and materials chemistry.

Some of the venues where Uchida has frequently published include:

  • Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • RADIOISOTOPES
  • Japanese Journal of Health Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nuclear Engineering and Technology

Key recent papers demonstrate a focus on environmental radioactivity and chemical analysis. These papers are:

  • Simple and sensitive determination of radium-226 in river water by single column-chromatographic separation coupled to SF-ICP-MS analysis in medium resolution mode, 2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • Soil-soil solution distribution coefficients of global fallout 239Pu and 237Np in Japanese paddy soils, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Collation of Strontium Concentration Ratios from Water to Aquatic Biota Species in Freshwater and Marine Environments and Factors Affecting the Ratios, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Fundamental study on measurement of soil pH and electrical conductivity in batch tests for the determination of soil-soil solution distribution coefficient, 2024, Nuclear Engineering and Technology
  • Inequality in the distribution of 137Cs contamination within freshwater fish bodies and its affecting factors, 2021, Scientific Reports

Collaborations have been frequent with several coauthors, including:

  • Keiko Tagami
  • Jian Zheng
  • Guosheng Yang
  • Sanae Shibutani
  • Keisuke Ishida

The research by Shigeo Uchida covers a multidisciplinary approach combining environmental monitoring, analytical chemistry techniques, and radiological assessments, contributing to a better understanding of radioactive contamination and its behavior in natural ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • The pulsating viscous flow superposed on the steady laminar motion of incompressible fluid in a circular pipe

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  • Isotopic evidence of plutonium release into the environment from the Fukushima DNPP accident.

    Jian Zheng;Keiko Tagami;Yoshito Watanabe;Shigeo Uchida

  • Revision of the IAEA Technical Reports Series No. 364 [Handbook of parameter values for the prediction of radionuclide transfer in temperate environments] in IAEA/EMRAS Programme

    Shigeo Uchida;Keiko Tagami

  • Measurement of 240Pu/239Pu isotopic ratios in soils from the Marshall Islands using ICP-MS.

    Y. Muramatsu;T. Hamilton;S. Uchida;K. Tagami

  • Concentrations of 239Pu and 240Pu and Their Isotopic Ratios Determined by ICP-MS in Soils Collected from the Chernobyl 30-km Zone

    Y. Muramatsu;W. Rühm;S. Yoshida;K. Tagami

  • Release of plutonium isotopes into the environment from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident: what is known and what needs to be known.

    Jian Zheng;Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida

  • Determination of plutonium concentration and its isotopic ratio in environmental materials by ICP-MS after separation using and extraction chromatography

    Yasuyuki Muramatsu;Shigeo Uchida;Keiko Tagami;Satoshi Yoshida

  • Concentrations of lanthanide elements, Th, and U in 77 Japanese surface soils

    Satoshi Yoshida;Yasuyuki Muramatsu;Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida

  • Generic values for soil-to-plant transfer factors of radiocesium.

    M.J Frissel;D.L Deb;M Fathony;Y.M Lin

  • Studies on the sorption of I? (iodide) and IO3 ? (iodate) onto Andosols

    S. Yoshida;Y. Muramatsu;S. Uchida

  • Translocation of radiocesium from stems and leaves of plants and the effect on radiocesium concentrations in newly emerged plant tissues.

    Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida;Nobuyoshi Ishii;Shigeo Kagiya

  • Determination of chlorine, bromine and iodine in plant samples by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after leaching with tetramethyl ammonium hydroxide under a mild temperature condition

    K. Tagami;S. Uchida;I. Hirai;H. Tsukada

  • Specific activity and activity ratios of radionuclides in soil collected about 20km from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant: Radionuclide release to the south and southwest

    Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida;Yukio Uchihori;Nobuyoshi Ishii

  • Distribution coefficient of selenium in Japanese agricultural soils

    Yasuo Nakamaru;Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida

  • Antimony mobility in Japanese agricultural soils and the factors affecting antimony sorption behavior.

    Yasuo Nakamaru;Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida

  • 135Cs/137Cs Isotopic Ratio as a New Tracer of Radiocesium Released from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

    Jian Zheng;Keiko Tagami;Wenting Bu;Wenting Bu;Shigeo Uchida

  • Soil-to-Plant Transfer Factors of Stable Elements and Naturally Occurring Radionuclides (1) Upland Field Crops Collected in Japan

    Shigeo Uchida;Keiko Tagami;Ikuko Hirai

  • Cross-sectional distributions of gas and solid holdups in slurry bubble column investigated by ultrasonic computed tomography

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  • Some considerations on the sorption and desorption phenomena of iodide and iodate on soil

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  • Determination of 135Cs and 135Cs/137Cs Atomic Ratio in Environmental Samples by Combining Ammonium Molybdophosphate (AMP)-Selective Cs Adsorption and Ion-Exchange Chromatographic Separation to Triple-Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma–Mass Spectrometry

    Jian Zheng;Wenting Bu;Wenting Bu;Keiko Tagami;Yasuyuki Shikamori

  • Radiological Dose Rates to Marine Fish from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident: The First Three Years Across the North Pacific

    Mathew P. Johansen;Elizabeth Ruedig;Keiko Tagami;Shigeo Uchida

  • Soil-to-Plant Transfer Factors of Stable Elements and Naturally Occurring Radionuclides : (2) Rice Collected in Japan

    Shigeo Uchida;Keiko Tagami;Ikuko Hirai

  • A method of measurement of (239)Pu, (240)Pu, (241)Pu in high U content marine sediments by sector field ICP-MS and its application to Fukushima sediment samples.

    Wenting Bu;Jian Zheng;Qiuju Guo;Tatsuo Aono

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian Zheng
Jian Zheng National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology
Yasuyuki Muramatsu
Yasuyuki Muramatsu Gakushuin University
Shinji Tokonami
Shinji Tokonami Hirosaki University
Tomoyuki Takahashi
Tomoyuki Takahashi Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Makio C. Honda
Makio C. Honda Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Nicholas A. Beresford
Nicholas A. Beresford University of Salford
Brenda J. Howard
Brenda J. Howard University of Nottingham
Maiko Kagami
Maiko Kagami Yokohama National University
Takuro Shinano
Takuro Shinano Hokkaido University
Kazuyuki Inubushi
Kazuyuki Inubushi Chiba University

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