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Title Agricultural implications of the Fukushima nuclear accident / Tomoko M. Nakanishi, Keitaro Tanoi, editors
Published Tokyo ; New York : Springer, ©2013
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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Series 2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Earth & Environmental Sciences
Contents The Overview of Our Research / Tomoko M. Nakanishi -- Behavior of Radiocesium Adsorbed by the Leaves and Stems of Wheat Plant During the First Year After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Keitaro Tanoi -- Radiocesium Absorption by Rice in Paddy Field Ecosystems / Keisuke Nemoto, Jun Abe -- Cesium Uptake in Rice: Possible Transporter, Distribution, and Variation / Toru Fujiwara -- Time-Course Analysis of Radiocesium Uptake and Translocation in Rice by Radioisotope Imaging / Natsuko I. Kobayashi -- Vertical Migration of Radiocesium Fallout in Soil in Fukushima / Sho Shiozawa -- Radioactive Nuclides in Vegetables and Soil Resulting from Low-Level Radioactive Fallout After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: Case Studies in Tokyo and Fukushima / Seiichi Oshita -- Radioactivity in Agricultural Products in Fukushima / Naoto Nihei -- Changes in the Transfer of Fallout Radiocaesium from Pasture Harvested in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, to Cow Milk two Months After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Noboru Manabe, Tomotsugu Takahashi -- Radiocesium Contamination of Marine Fish Muscle and Its Effective Elimination / Shugo Watabe, Hideki Ushio, Daisuke Ikeda -- Excretion of Cesium Through Potassium Transport Pathway in the Gills of a Marine Teleost / Toyoji Kaneko, Fumiya Furukawa -- Contamination of Wild Animals: Effects on Wildlife in High Radioactivity Areas of the Agricultural and Forest Landscape / Ken Ishida -- Remediation of Paddy Soil Contaminated by Radiocesium in Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture / Masaru Mizoguchi -- Distribution of Radiocesium from the Radioactive Fallout in Fruit Trees / Daisuke Takata -- Mushrooms: Radioactive Contamination of Widespread Mushrooms in Japan / Toshihiro Yamada -- Diffusion and Transportation Dynamics of 137Cs Deposited on the Forested Area in Fukushima After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident in March 2011 / Nobuhito Ohte, Masashi Murakami -- Development of an Information Package of Radiation Risk in Beef After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident / Hiromi Hosono, Yuko Kumagai
Summary Following the Fukushima nuclear accident, a large volume of monitoring data has been collected about the soil, air, dust, and seawater, along with data about an immense number of foods supplied to the market. Little is known, however, about the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture, information about which is vital. Although more than 80% of the damaged area is related to agriculture, in situ information specifically for agriculture is scarce. This book provides data about the actual movement and accumulation of radioactivity in the ecological system--for example, whether debris deposited on mountains can be a cause of secondary contamination, under what conditions plants accumulate radioactive cesium in their edible parts, and how radioactivity is transferred from hay to milk. Because agriculture is so closely related to nature, many specialists with different areas of expertise must be involved in answering these questions. In the case of rice, researchers in rice cultivation as well as in soil, hydrology, and radioactivity measurement are working together to reveal the paths or accumulation of radioactivity in the field. For this purpose, the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo has diverse facilities available throughout Japan, including farmlands, forests, and meadowlands. Many academic staff members have formed groups to conduct on-site research, with more than 40 volunteers participating. This book presents the data collected from the only project being systematically carried out across Japan after the Fukushima accident
Analysis Environmental sciences
Food science
Agriculture
Animal ecology
Plant Ecology
Environment
Environmental Monitoring/Analysis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Nuclear accidents and agriculture -- Japan
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
Radioactive pollution.
Radioactive pollution of soils.
Agriculture.
Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere.
Agriculture
Air Pollution, Radioactive
farming (activity or system)
Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning.
Environmental economics.
Management of specific areas.
Manufacturing industries.
Technology, engineering, agriculture.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
Nuclear accidents and agriculture.
Radioactive pollution.
Radioactive pollution of soils.
Störfall
Landwirtschaft
SUBJECT Japan
Subject Japan.
Fukushima
Form Electronic book
Author Nakanishi, Tomoko M., 1950-
Tanoi, Keitaro.
ISBN 9784431543282
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9784431543275