Low-Dose Radiation Effects on Animals and Ecosystems

Manabu Fukumoto is a pathologist, who graduated from Kyoto University, Japan. Based on autopsies of alpha-emitter Thorotrast-induced cancer cases, he has analyzed the molecular genetic carcinogenic mechanisms of internally deposited radionuclides. He has also established an archive of animals contaminated with internally deposited radionuclides from the ex-evacuation zone of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident and has been assessing biological effects of the accident. He served as President of the Japanese Radiation Research Society (JRRS) and a director of Japanese Pathological Society. He has received the Japanese Pathological Association Award and an Achievement Award from the JRRS for his contributions to radiation pathology.

Part 1. The Environmental Pollution Caused by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) Accident.- 1. Estimation of Dose Rate for the Large Japanese Field Mice (Apodemus speciosus) Distributed in the “Difficult-to-Return Zones” in Fukushima Prefecture.- 2. Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Fishery Products and Fishing Industry.- 3. Incorporation and Accumulation of Strontium-90 in the Hard Tissue of Animals and Their Relationship with Strontium-90 Pollution in the Environment.- Part 2. Radiation Exposure and Its Effects on Wild Organisms after the FNPP Accident.- 4. Radioactive Cesium Contamination of Arthropods and Earthworms after the FNPP accident.- 5. Delayed Recovery from Declines in the Population Densities and Species Richness of Intertidal Invertebrates near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.- 6. Mutations observed in mitochondrial DNA of salmon collected in Mano River, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.- 7. Influence of the FNPP Accident on Coniferous Trees: A Review.- Part 3. Radiation Exposure and Its Effects on Livestock after the FNPP Accident.- 8. Analysis of Ovaries and Fertilities in Domestic Animals affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- 9. Transgenerational Effects on Calf Spermatogenesis and Metabolome Associated with Paternal Exposure to the FNPP Accident.- 10. The Effect of Radiation on the Immune System in Pigs Affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- 11. Assessment of DNA Damage Induction in Farm Animals after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- Part 4. Dose Evaluation in Association with the FNPP Accident.- 12. Preliminary Study on Electron Spin Resonance Dosimetry Using Affected Cattle’s Teeth due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- 13. Estimation of External and Internal Exposure in Japanese Macaques after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- Part 5. New Perspectives Raised after the FNPP Accident.- 14. Properties ofRadioactive Cs-bearing Particles Released by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Trace Element Analysis.- 15. Cellular Effects of Insoluble Particles Containing Radioactive Cesium.- 16. Preparation and Genome Analysis of Immortalized Cells Derived from Wild Macaques Affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- 17. Effects of Radioactive Cesium-containing Water on Mice.- Prt 6. Overview of the FNPP accident.- 18. Comparison of Radioactivity Release and Contamination from the Fukushima and Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accidents.- 19. The Pale Grass Blue Butterfly as an Indicator for the Biological Effect of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident.- 20. What We Learned and are Learning from the Affected Animal Dose Assessment Project.