The impact of radiocesium input forms on its extractability in Fukushima forest soils

MT Teramage, L Carasco, D Orjollet… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
The effects of 137 Cs deposit forms on its ageing in soil have not yet been reported. Soluble
and Solid 137 Cs input forms were mixed with the mineral soils collected under Fukushima's …

Behavior of accidentally released radiocesium in soil–water environment: Looking at Fukushima from a Chernobyl perspective

A Konoplev, V Golosov, G Laptev, K Nanba… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Quantitative characteristics of dissolved and particulate radiocesium wash-off from
contaminated watersheds after the FDNPP accident are calculated based on published …

Characterizing vertical migration of 137Cs in organic layer and mineral soil in Japanese forests: four-year observation and model analysis

K Muto, M Atarashi-Andoh, T Matsunaga… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Because of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, forest
ecosystems in wide areas were contaminated with 137 Cs. It is important to characterize the …

Vertical distribution of 129I and radiocesium in forest soil collected near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant boundary

G Yang, J Hu, H Tsukada, H Tazoe, Y Shao… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Three soil core samples were collected from a forest located about 1.1 km south of the
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) boundary in 2017, and the vertical profiles …

Equation to predict the 137Cs leaching dynamic from evergreen canopies after a radio-cesium deposit

N Loffredo, Y Onda, P Hurtevent, F Coppin - Journal of Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Fukushima Daiishi nuclear power plant (FDNPP) accident led to a massive
radionuclide deposition mainly onto Japanese forest canopies. In our previous study, an …

The role of litterfall in transferring Fukushima-derived radiocesium to a coniferous forest floor

MT Teramage, Y Onda, H Kato, T Gomi - Science of the total environment, 2014 - Elsevier
The deposition of Fukushima-derived radiocesium via falling litter in a coniferous forest 180
km downwind immediately following the nuclear power plant accident was investigated. The …

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
Abstract The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident caused serious radiocesium
(137Cs) contamination of forest ecosystems over a wide area. The removal of the forest floor …

Temporal change in radiological environments on land after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident

K Saito, S Mikami, M Andoh, N Matsuda… - Journal of Radiation …, 2019 - koreascience.kr
Massive environmental monitoring has been conducted continuously since the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power accident in March of 2011 by different monitoring methods that have …

Relationship between the activity concentration of 137Cs in the growing shoots of Quercus serrata and soil 137Cs, exchangeable cations, and pH in Fukushima …

T Kanasashi, S Miura, K Hirai, J Nagakura… - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Incorporation of radiocesium by plants via root uptake appears to be affected by some of the
exchangeable cations in the soil and/or pH of the soil. However, few studies have examined …

Low 137Cs retention capability of organic layers in Japanese forest ecosystems affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident

J Koarashi, M Atarashi-Andoh - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear …, 2019 - Springer
Quantitative understanding of 137 Cs retention behavior in organic layers in Japanese forest
ecosystems is of primary importance in the assessment of long-term radioecological impacts …