...Naohiro Yoshida; Yoshio Takahashi Abstract Radionuclides, such as 134 Cs, 137 Cs, and 131 I, were released during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011. Their distribution was monitored by airborne surveys and soil sampling. The most highly contaminated areas...

... the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident. The accident resulted in a substantial release of radionuclides, including 131 I, 134 Cs, and 137 Cs, into the atmosphere, causing significant environmental contamination. This was a particular issue in many parts of eastern Japan, especially...

...Edward D. Blandford; Joonhong Ahn Abstract The major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant more than one year ago was the result of a combination of four inter-related factors: site selection, external hazard assessment and site preparation, the utility's approach to risk...

... of lesser impact on the Tokyo area. Corresponding author e-mail: [email protected] © 2012 by the Mineralogical Society of America 2012 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant nuclear accident contamination atmospheric dispersion models radioactive release The third...

... System (NuWFAS) applied to a long-term climate simulation . CRIEPI report N10044, 22 pp (in Japanese) IRSN ( 2011a ) Impact on marine environment of radioactive releases resulting from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident . Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , 9 pp...

... if “accident” was the term for this “Black Swan” * event, a rare, unanticipated event of high consequence. In what sense was the natural disaster and catastrophic failure at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station an “accident”? Certainly, it was the forces of nature, the one-two punch of an earthquake...

... of information and meaning, and numbers and narratives. We illustrate these perspectives with a brief case study of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster and consider Canadian energy development debates. The discussion suggests that risks within and across societies—whether at a given point in time...

... criterion is generally defined in terms of seismic damage indicating parameters. This paper presents seismic damage indicating parameters of the recorded free-field and in-structure motions at the Onagawa, Fukushima Daiichi, Fukushima Daini, and Tokai Daini nuclear power plants during the 2011 Tohoku-oki...

... Kimura S Takatsuji T Nanasawa K Imanaka T Shizuma K ( 2011b ) Measurement of soil contamination by radionuclides due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and associated estimated cumulative external dose estimation . Journal of Environmental Radioactivity , doi...

... of land, disabling the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor, which triggered a failure of the reactors’ cooling system and released radioactive pollution into the air, land, and sea—constituted a major disaster ( Cabinet Office 2011a ). The interaction among these distinct events escalated the successive...

... occurred is incorrect. They stated, “After the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) in March 2011, a large area of surrounding soils and rivers was exposed to an aerial dispersal of primarily 137 Cs and, to a lesser extent, 90 Sr. Cation exchange of these isotopes...

...-lived radioisotopes, including those emitted by the damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (Japan), to document the remobilization of the upper few centimeters of sediment as a highly significant process triggered by the earthquake and its aftershocks. Targeting the post...

... suggest that kaolinite grains play an important role as a screening tool for radioactive pollutants and as a potential repository for containment. Clay minerals are a significant component of the radioactive soils and tsunami sediments contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident...

... is the major crop in these areas, and tsunami inundation reduced the planted area in 2011 ( Table 4 ). The largest decline in planted area (−20%) was in Fukushima prefecture, however, due to the nuclear accident. Table 4 Inundated agricultural land area and planted area for rice ( MAFF 2011a and 2011b...

.... ( 2012 ). Vertical profiles of iodine-131 and cesium-137 in soild in Fukushima Prefecture related to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident . Geochemical Journal , 46 , 73 – 76 . Teppen , B. J. , & Miller , D. M. ( 2006 ). Hydration energy determines isovalent cation...

... plant accident in Fukushima. The national government is responsible for responses to nuclear power accidents, while local governments are responsible for responses to natural disasters. Consequently, the question of who should coordinate the disaster response caused confusion because Japan had...

... of fallout radioactive Cs in the soils deposited at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident . Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology , 49 , 473 – 478 . Lee , J.H. and Guggenheim , S. ( 1981 ) Single crystal X-ray refinement of pyrophyllite-1 TC . American Mineralogist , 66...

... and extend to the values of impacted communities, tribes, and states (Reset of America s Nuclear Waste Management: Strategy and Policy (2018 Rod s approach to nuclear waste management exemplified his safety first and public first philosophy, which is also reflected in his work on the Fukushima Daiichi...

...)00483-6 Muramatsu Y , Matsuzaki H , Toyama C , Ohno T ( 2015 ) Analysis of 129 I in the soils of Fukushima Prefecture: preliminary reconstruction of 131I deposition related to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) . Journal of Environmental...