Lessons learnt on the impact of an unprecedented soil decontamination program in Fukushima on contaminant fluxes

R Vandromme, S Hayashi, H Tsuji… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
In the context of elevated concerns related to nuclear accidents and warfare, the lessons
learnt from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011 are important. In …

Research and management challenges following soil and landscape decontamination at the onset of the reopening of the Difficult-to-Return Zone, Fukushima (Japan)

O Evrard, T Chalaux-Clergue, PA Chaboche… - Soil, 2023 - soil.copernicus.org
Twelve years after the nuclear accident that occurred at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear
Power Plant (FDNPP) in March 2011, radiocesium contamination (with a large dominance of …

Minimizing the loss of radioactively contaminated sediment from the Niida watershed (Fukushima, Japan) through spatially targeted afforestation.

F Abrams, L Sweeck, J Camps… - EGU General …, 2023 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Government-led decontamination of agricultural land in the Fukushima accident (2011)
region has lowered the on-site radiation risk considerably. From 2013 to early 2017, 11.9 …

Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment

B Feng, Y Onda, Y Wakiyama, K Taniguchi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In Fukushima, government-led decontamination reduced radiation risk and recovered
137Cs-contaminated soil, yet its long-term downstream impacts remain unclear. Here we …

Renewed soil erosion and remobilisation of radioactive sediment in Fukushima coastal rivers after the 2013 typhoons

O Evrard, C Chartin, Y Onda, H Lepage, O Cerdan… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Summer typhoons and spring snowmelt led to the riverine spread of continental Fukushima
fallout to the coastal plains of Northeastern Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Four fieldwork …

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

O Evrard, JP Laceby, A Nakao - Soil, 2019 - soil.copernicus.org
Abstract The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011
resulted in the contamination of Japanese landscapes with radioactive fallout. Accordingly …

Quantifying the dilution of the radiocesium contamination in Fukushima coastal river sediment (2011–2015)

O Evrard, JP Laceby, Y Onda, Y Wakiyama… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Fallout from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident resulted in a 3000-
km2 radioactive contamination plume. Here, we model the progressive dilution of the …

Tracking the early dispersion of contaminated sediment along rivers draining the Fukushima radioactive pollution plume

C Chartin, O Evrard, Y Onda, J Patin, I Lefèvre, C Ottlé… - Anthropocene, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil erosion and subsequent sediment transport in rivers play a major role in the global
biogeochemical cycles and on the dispersion of contaminants within the natural …

[PDF][PDF] Eight years post-Fukushima: is forest decontamination still necessary?

Y Taira, Y Inadomi, S Hirajou… - Journal of radiation …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Eight years have passed since the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear
Power Station (FDNPS), which is operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company. Various …

Impacts of farmland decontamination on 137Cs transfers in rivers after Fukushima nuclear accident: Evidence from a retrospective sediment core study

T Chalaux-Clergue, A Foucher, PA Chaboche… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in March 2011, the
Japanese government initiated an unprecedented decontamination programme to …