Temporal variation in environmental radioactivity and radiation exposure doses in the restricted areas around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 22459 - 8
• Main Authors: Liu, Mengjie, Taira, Yasuyuki, Matsuo, Masahiko, Orita, Makiko, Matsunaga, Hitomi, Kashiwazaki, Yuya, Xiao, Xu, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.12.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/499; 704/172; 704/844; Earthquakes; Environmental cleanup; Environmental restoration; Humanities and Social Sciences; Iodine; multidisciplinary; Neighborhoods; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear power plants; Radiation; Radioactivity; Renovation & restoration; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Temporal variations

Temporal variation and fluctuation in environmental contamination in Futaba town and Okuma town, the location of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), were evaluated based on a car-borne survey conducted from October 2021 to November 2022. Although the environmental radioactivity in the...