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Radiation Monitoring and Dose Estimation of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

  • Presents a wide range of research results carried out by a variety of organizations and individuals
  • Collects invaluable data especially those obtained just days or weeks after the accident
  • Provides highly reliable data as discussed at an international symposium and peer-reviewed by specialists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Radiation Survey of the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
    2. Environmental Radiation Status In and Around Tokyo Immediately After the TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Disaster

      • Takeshi Iimoto, Hirofumi Fujii, Seiichi Someya, Sadao Iiizumi, Takao Ebisawa, Seiichi Hirose et al.
      Pages 49-57Open Access
    3. Development of a Carborne Survey System, KURAMA

      • Minoru Tanigaki
      Pages 67-77Open Access
    4. Radiation Measurement in East Japan in 2011 After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

      • Takumi Kubota, Jun-ichi Hori, Nobuhiro Sato, Koichi Takamiya, Tomoko Ohta, Yasunori Mahara
      Pages 79-88Open Access
  3. Environmental Radioactivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
    2. Time Trend Change of Air Dose Rate on Paved Areas in Fukushima City After the Fukushima Daiichi NPP Accident

      • Sin-ya Hohara, Masayo Inagaki, Hirokuni Yamanishi, Genichiro Wakabayashi, Wataru Sugiyama, Tetsuo Itoh
      Pages 103-113Open Access
    3. Observation of Radionuclides in Marine Biota off the Coast of Fukushima Prefecture After TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident

      • Tatsuo Aono, Yukari Ito, Tadahiro Sohtome, Takuji Mizuno, Satoshi Igarashi, Jota Kanda et al.
      Pages 115-123Open Access
  4. Transfer Models and/or Parameters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Studies on Radiocesium Transfer in Agricultural Plants in Fukushima Prefecture

      • Takashi Saito, Yasukazu Suzuki, Shigeto Fujimura, Hirofumi Tsukada
      Pages 135-140Open Access
  5. Source Estimation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

About this book

This book provides comprehensive research findings related to the environmental monitoring of radiation, levels of radioactive nuclides in various environments and dose estimation in residents after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident caused severe environmental contamination with radioactive nuclides. At the beginning of the book, a technical review written by a leading researcher of nuclear reactor technology explains what happened at the power plant. The review is followed by a commentary from a former member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, providing the reader with easily understandable information about the concept of radiation dosage. In the main part of the book, a series of scientific reports presents valuable data on the radiation surveys of the environment, environmental radioactivity, transfer models and parameters of radioactive nuclides and dose assessment among residents. These reports present a wide range of findings from the research carried out in a variety of activities by large governmental organizations as well as by small private groups and individuals. The reader thus will find a large collection of valuable and interesting data related to the environmental contamination by radioactive nuclides after the Fukushima accident. Although earlier reports on this issue have been made public, this book is the only publication to fully depict the actual situation by providing comprehensive data obtained by diverse organizations and individuals.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Sennan-gun, Japan

    Sentaro Takahashi

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