Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (III) (eBook)

Tomoko M. NakanishiGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of TokyoMartin O`BrienGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo Keitaro TanoiGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

An Overview of Our Research.- Transfer of Radiocesium to Rice in Contaminated Paddy Fields.- Cesium Translocation in Rice.- Absorption of radioceasium in soybean.- An observational study of pigs exposed to radiation.- A Composting System to Decompose Radiocesium Contaminated Baled Grass Silage.- Weathered Biotite: A Key Material of Radioactive Contamination in Fukushima.- Radiocesium accumulation in koshiabura (Eleutherococcus sciadophylloides) and other wild vegetables and in Fukushima Prefecture.- The Transition of Radiocesium in Peach Trees After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.- Application of the Artificial Annual Environmental Cycle and Dormancy-induced Suppression of Cesium Uptake in Poplar.- Radiocesium Contamination in Forests and the Current Situation of Growing Oak Trees for Mushroom Logs.- Radiocesium Dynamics in Wild Mushrooms During the First Five Years After the Fukushima Accident.- The Spatial Distribution of Radiocesium Over a Four-year Period in a Forest Ecosystem in North Fukushima After the Nuclear Power Station Accident.- Parallel Measurement of Ambient and Individual External Radiation in Iitate Village, Fukushima.- Mobility of Fallout Radiocesium Depending on the Land Use　in Kasumigaura Basin.- Challenges of Agricultural Land Remediation and Renewal of Agriculture in Iitate Village by a Collaboration Between Researchers and a Non-profit Organization.- Radiocesium Contamination on a University Campus and in Forests in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, a Suburb of Metropolitan Tokyo.- The State of Fisheries and Marine Species in Fukushima: Six Years After the 2011 Disaster.- Visualization of Ion Transport in Plants.- 90Sr analysis using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with split-flow injection and online solid-phase extraction for multiple concentration and separation steps.