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

• Published in: Soil Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 333 - 350
• Main Authors: Evrard, Olivier, Laceby, J. Patrick, Nakao, Atsushi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen Copernicus GmbH 12.12.2019; European Geosciences Union (EGU); Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Catchment scale; Civil engineering; Cultivation; Decontamination; Disposal sites; Dosage; Earth; Environmental Sciences; Fallout; Fertility; Flammability; Headwaters; Incineration; Landscape; Local communities; Local population; Municipalities; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear energy; Nuclear power plants; Pollution surveys; Radioactive contamination; Radioactive fallout; Radioactive pollution; Radioactivity; Remediation; Residential areas; Soil; Soil contamination; Soil fertility; Soil pollution; Soil remediation; Soils; Surveying; Waste disposal; Watersheds

The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011 resulted in the contamination of Japanese landscapes with radioactive fallout. Accordingly, the Japanese authorities decided to conduct extensive remediation activities in the impacted region to allow for the relatively rapid...