Effectiveness of decontamination by litter removal in Japanese forest ecosystems affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident

J Koarashi, M Atarashi-Andoh, S Nishimura, K Muto - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
… that the litter-removal decontamination conducted approximately 3.3 years after the
Fukushima NPP accident was … Litter removal decreased the inventories of litter materials and …

Effect of litter removal five years after the Fukushima accident on 137Cs uptake by Japanese cedar

Y Ohmae, W Sakashita, T Sakata, N Imamura… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
… the litter layer as of 2016 (Manaka et al., 2022). The objective of this study is to verify whether
the litter removal > 5 years after the FDNPP accident … have passed since the litter removal. …

… a method for removing cesium and reducing the volume of leaf litter from broad-leaved trees contaminated by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident during the Great …

S Harada, M Yanagisawa - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
… Concurrent experiments on changes in leaf litter chemical composition confirmed that our
modified wet oxidation method had an effect on the removal of acid-insoluble lignin. Removal

Effects of local-scale decontamination in a secondary forest contaminated after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

Y Ayabe, N Hijii, C Takenaka - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
… We investigated whether local-scale decontamination (removal of the litter layer, superficial
Fukushima nuclear power plant accident reduced 137 Cs contamination of the soil and litter. …

Radiocesium concentrations in soil and leaf after decontamination practices in a forest plantation highly polluted by the Fukushima accident

M López-Vicente, Y Onda, J Takahashi, H Kato… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
… We hypothesize that litter removal, tree thinning and the combination of both practices, … In
this study, we aim to clear the effect of eight decontamination practices (mainly litter removal

Leaching characteristics of 137Cs for forest floor affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident: A litterbag experiment

K Sakuma, K Yoshimura, T Nakanishi - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
… to forest litter have been studied after the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents.
For … Litterfalls from tree canopies on the litterbags were removed when collecting litterbags. …

Dealing with the aftermath of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident: decontamination of radioactive cesium enriched ash

D Parajuli, H Tanaka, Y Hakuta, K Minami… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
… prefecture alone covers 70% forest area, collection of litter is … decontamination of Fukushima
Daiichi NPP accident affected … on the Cs-r removal, are set aside for the future discussion. …

Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review

O Evrard, JP Laceby, A Nakao - Soil, 2019 - soil.copernicus.org
… First, the combination of tree thinning and litter removal provided the best results to reduce
… Clear-cutting and litter removal provided limited results (92–104 Bq m −2 d −1 ), with higher …

The total amounts of radioactively contaminated materials in forests in Fukushima, Japan

S Hashimoto, S Ugawa, K Nanko, K Shichi - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
… be removed, our results indicate that removing the litteraccident that the circulation of
radioactive elements (soil-plant) reached a quasi-equilibrium within a few years after the accident

Temporal decrease in air dose rate in the sub-urban area affected by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident during four years after decontamination …

S Nakama, K Yoshimura, K Fujiwara, H Ishikawa… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
… Soil, road dust and vegetation (eg leaf litter) which are adhered to asphalt road surface are
removed with high-pressure water washing equipment operating at a pressure of 10–20 MPa…