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

ABSTRACT: 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 particular, Japanese authorities implemented an ambitious decontamination program to reduce the air dose rate in order to facilitate the return of the local inhabitants to previously evacuated areas. This approach contrasts the strategy adopted in Chernobyl, where the most contaminated areas remain off limits. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of the Japanese decontamination strategy on the dispersion of radioactive contaminant fluxes across mountainous landscapes exposed to typhoons has not been quantified. Based on the unique combination of river monitoring and modeling in a catchment representative of the most imp

SUBMITTER: Vandromme R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10614835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature