| Session Details | |
| Section | IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Dynamics of Radionuclides Emitted from Fukuchima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the Environment |
| Main Convener | Prof. Kazuyuki Kita (Ibaraki University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Terry Nakajima (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Prof. Yuichi Onda (Tsukuba University, Japan) Dr. Yasuhito Igarashi (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan) Prof. Mitsuo Uematsu (The University of Tokyo, Japan) Prof. Motoyoshi Ikeda (Hokkaido University, Japan) Dr. Hiroaki Kondo (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) |
| Session Description | The Great East Japan Earthquake caused the severe accident in TEPCO Fukushima dai-ichi nuclear power plant (FDNPP), leading to emission of huge amount of radionuclides to the environment. They have been transported and diffused by atmospheric motion, depositing them to soil, vegetation and ocean. Deposited radionuclides are dynamically shifted in the earth environment; atmosphere, soil, inland water, ocean, and ecosystem. In addition, water containing much radionuclides has leakedto ocean. To understand this dynamic shift in the environment and for the long-term prediction of the disaster by the radionuclides, investigation and discussion based on not only the earth sciences including ecology but also on the radiochemistry and other related sciences. In this session, various efforts to understand the dynamic behavior of radionuclides emitted from FDNPP accident in the earth system as well as to predict their influences on the environment. It is expected that this session will offer a good opportunity to discuss radionuclides in the earth environment from wide aspect and to exchange information in various research fields. |