Redistribution of the soil 137Cs inventory through litter and sediment transport on a hillslope covered by deciduous forest in Fukushima, Japan

T Oda, N Hotta, S Miura, I Endo, K Tanoi… - Earth Surface …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term behaviour of radiocaesium (137Cs) activity concentrations in forest
ecosystems and their downstream impacts remain important issues in the deciduous …

Forest type effects on the retention of radiocesium in organic layers of forest ecosystems affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident

J Koarashi, M Atarashi-Andoh, T Matsunaga… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster caused serious radiocesium
(137Cs) contamination of forest ecosystems over a wide area. Forest-floor organic layers …

Sampling design and required sample size for evaluating contamination levels of 137Cs in Japanese fir needles in a mixed deciduous forest stand in Fukushima …

Y Oba, T Yamada - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
We estimated the sample size (the number of samples) required to evaluate the
concentration of radiocesium (137 Cs) in Japanese fir (Abies firma Sieb. & Zucc.), 5 years …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of soil organic matter on the fate of 137Cs vertical distribution in forest soils

J Koarashi, M Atarashi-Andoh, S Nishimura - … and Environmental Safety, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the fate of the vertical distribution of radiocesium (137 Cs) in Japanese forest
soils is key to assessing the radioecological consequences of the Fukushima Daiichi …

[PDF][PDF] Temporal changes in the transfer of accidentally released 137Cs from tree crowns to the forest floor after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

H Kato, Y Onda - Progress in nuclear science and technology, 2014 - aesj.net
Forests in Fukushima and neighboring prefectures accumulated atmospheric fallout of
radioactive materials after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. We …

Characteristics of initial deposition and behavior of radiocesium in forest ecosystems of different locations and species affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear …

M Komatsu, S Kaneko, S Ohashi, K Kuroda… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, information
about stand-level spatial patterns of radiocesium initially deposited in the surrounding …

Air dose rate to 137Cs activity per unit area ratio for different land use 7 years after the nuclear accident-Case of the slope catchment, Ogi reservoir, Fukushima

T Basuki, WC Bekelesi, M Tsujimoto… - Radiation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, a considerable
amount of radioactive materials were released into the environment. Long-term monitoring is …

137Cs Trapped by Biomass within 20 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

A Koizumi, T Niisoe, KH Harada, Y Fujii… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Analysis of 137Cs trapped in biomass in highly contaminated zones is crucial in predicting
the long-term fate of 137Cs following the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power …

Changes of effective half-lives of 137Cs in three herbaceous plants and bioavailable 137Cs fraction in soil after the Fukushima nuclear accident

K Tagami, S Uchida - Applied Geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
We measured cesium-137 concentrations from June 2011 to May 2016 in three wild edible
herbaceous species, ie giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus), knotweed (Trifolium pratense) …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal trends in 137Cs concentrations in the bark, sapwood, heartwood, and whole wood of four tree species in Japanese forests from 2011 to 2016

S Ohashi, K Kuroda, T Takano, Y Suzuki… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
To understand the changes in radiocesium (137 Cs) concentrations in stem woods after the
Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, we investigated 137 Cs …