Machine learning for digital soil mapping: Applications, challenges and suggested solutions

AMJC Wadoux, B Minasny, AB McBratney - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The uptake of machine learning (ML) algorithms in digital soil mapping (DSM) is
transforming the way soil scientists produce their maps. Within the past two decades, soil …

Radionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in terrestrial systems

Y Onda, K Taniguchi, K Yoshimura, H Kato… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident, Japan,
released the largest quantity of radionuclides into the terrestrial environment since the 1986 …

[HTML][HTML] How to evaluate sediment fingerprinting source apportionments

PVG Batista, JP Laceby, O Evrard - Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Evaluating sediment fingerprinting source apportionments with artificial mixtures is
crucial for supporting decision-making and advancing modeling approaches. However …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Towards the application of electrokinetic remediation for nuclear site decommissioning

JM Purkis, PE Warwick, J Graham, SD Hemming… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Contamination encountered on nuclear sites includes radionuclides as well as a range of
non-radioactive co-contaminants, often in low-permeability substrates such as concretes or …

[HTML][HTML] Research and management challenges following soil and landscape decontamination at the onset of the reopening of the Difficult-to-Return Zone, Fukushima …

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 …

The ratio of plant 137Cs to exchangeable 137Cs in soil is a crucial factor in explaining the variation in 137Cs transferability from soil to plant

M Suzuki, T Eguchi, K Azuma, A Nakao, K Kubo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
To mitigate radioactive cesium from soil to plant, increasing and maintaining the
exchangeable potassium (ExK) level during growth is widely accepted after Tokyo Electric …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the nuclear isotope tapestry: Applications, challenges, and future horizons in a dynamic landscape

H Yang, Q Feng, W Xu, Y Tang, G Bai, Y Liu… - Eco-Environment & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nuclear isotopes, distinct atoms characterized by varying neutron counts, have profoundly
influenced a myriad of sectors, spanning from medical diagnostics and therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Ten-year radiocesium fluvial discharge patterns from watersheds contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident

S Ueda, H Hasegawa, Y Ohtsuka, S Ochiai… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract After the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident in March 2011, the fluvial
discharge of 137 Cs from watersheds to rivers was analyzed between 2011 and 2021. The …

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 …