Research and management challenges following soil and landscape decontamination at the onset of the reopening of the Difficult-to-Return Zone, Fukushima (Japan)

O Evrard, T Chalaux-Clergue, PA Chaboche… - Soil, 2023 - soil.copernicus.org
Twelve years after the nuclear accident that occurred at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear
Power Plant (FDNPP) in March 2011, radiocesium contamination (with a large dominance of …

Leveraging Zebrafish Models for Advancing Radiobiology: Mechanisms, Applications, and Future Prospects in Radiation Exposure Research

T Xu, F Liu, J He, P Xu, J Qu, H Wang, J Yue… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ionizing radiation (IR) represents a significant risk to human health and societal stability. To
effectively analyze the mechanisms of IR and enhance protective strategies, the …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural activities lead to sediment infilling of wetlandscapes in the Canadian Prairies: Assessment of soil erosion and sedimentation fluxes

E Zarrinabadi, DA Lobb, E Enanga, P Badiou, IF Creed - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Wetlandscapes are vulnerable to land conversion and sediment infilling from upland
agriculture, causing them to act as sinks for sediment deposition and putting at risk their …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of temperature and oxygen on 137Cs desorption from bottom sediment of a dam lake

H Tsuji, H Funaki, M Watanabe, S Hayashi - Applied Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The temperature and oxygen environment play important roles in the desorption of 137 Cs
from freshwater lake sediment to lake water. In this study, 12 quarterly surveys were …

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

R Vandromme, S Hayashi, H Tsuji… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Diverse sorption capacities and contribution of multiple sorptive sites on illitic clays to assess the immobilization of dissolved cesium in subsurface environments

J Hwang, WS Han, S Choung, JW Kim, H Suk… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The multiple sorptive sites on illitic clays (eg, frayed edge [FES], type II [TS], and planar sites
[PS]) are related to variable 137 Cs immobilization in subsurface environments. This study …

Mechanisms of 137Cs leaching based on long-term observations in forested headwater catchments in Yamakiya, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

T Kawano, Y Onda, H Kato, J Takahashi - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dissolved radiocesium (mainly 134 Cs and 137 Cs) is thought to be leached mainly from
suspended sediment in downstream rivers, while organic matter, such as leaf litter …

Impacts of farmland decontamination on 137Cs transfers in rivers after Fukushima nuclear accident: Evidence from a retrospective sediment core study

T Chalaux-Clergue, A Foucher, PA Chaboche… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in March 2011, the
Japanese government initiated an unprecedented decontamination programme to …

Experimental field study of basic mechanisms underlying dissolved 137Cs seasonal variations in ponds heavily contaminated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear …

A Konoplev, H Kurosawa, Y Wakiyama, Y Igarashi… - Applied …, 2025 - Elsevier
Presented are results of field study of dissolved 137 Cs seasonal variations in two ponds of
the close vicinity of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant contaminated after the accident in …

Distribution, risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments, and their potential risk on water supply safety of a drinking water reservoir, middle China

Y Liu, Z Zhou, W Gong, Y Xu, Q Ding, L Cui - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Heavy metals in reservoir sediments were analyzed to assess the pollution level and to
understand the potential risk on water supply safety. Heavy metals in sediments will enter …