Environmental contamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster : dispersion, monitoring, mitigation and lessons learned

Preface Part I. Dynamics of Radioactive Materials in the Environment: 1. Introduction - basic concepts regarding the Fukushima accident, radiation and radioactivity Teruyuki Nakajima, Toshimasa Ohara, Mitsuo Uematsu, Yuichi Onda, Mitsuru Ebihara, Atsushi Shinohara, Yasunori Hamajima, Yasuhito Igarashi, Tatsuo Aono, Michio Aoyama, Masayuki Takigawa and Kimiaki Saito 2. Estimation of environmental releases of radioactive materials Masamichi Chino, Haruyasu Nagai, Daisuke Tsumune and Yukio Masumoto 3. Diffusion in the atmosphere Masayuki Takigawa, Hisashi Nakamura, Yu Morino, Damien Didier, Anne Mathieu, Olivier Saunier, Denis Quelo, Akira Watanabe, Haruo Tsuruta, Daisuke Goto, Kazuyuki Kita, Mizuo Kajino, Yoshio Takahashi, Naohiro Yoshida, Isao Tanihata and Mamoru Fujiwara 4. Global transport of radioactive materials Taichu Yasumichi Tanaka, Toshihiko Takemura and Michio Aoyama 5. Ocean transport of radioactive materials Michio Aoyama, Mitsuo Uematsu, Seiya Nagao, Takashi Ishimaru, Jota Kanda,Tatsuo Aono, Yukio Masumoto, Daisuke Tsumune, Zofia Baumann, Daniel J. Madigan and Nicholas S. Fisher 6. Diffusion and deposition of radioactive materials in terrestrial environment Isao Tanihata, Mamoru Fujiwara, Yuichi Onda, Olivier Evrard, Patrick J. Laceby, Tetsuya Matsunaka, Kimikazu Sasa, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuya Tanaka, Aya Sakaguchi and Chisato Takenaka Part II. Development and Future Issues of Infrastructure of Disaster Prevention: Preliminary remarks Tokushi Shibata 7. Monitoring system Hiromi Yamazawa and Yuichi Onda 8. Dispersion modeling of radioactive materials Haruyasu Nagai and Hiromi Yamazawa 9. Offsite decontamination Haruyasu Nagai and Hiromi Yamazawa Part III. Lessons from the Fukushima Accident and Future Issues: 10. Urgent actions by scientists Tokushi Shibata, Toshimasa Ohara, Teruyuki Nakajima, Hiromi Yokoyama and Masatoshi Imada 11. Reports from Fukushima University Teruyuki Nakajima, Tokushi Shibata, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Haruo Tsuruta, Mitsuo Uematsu, Takeshi Kawano, Atsushi Tsuda, Isao Tanihata, Mamoru Fujiwara, Takaharu Otsuka, Susumu Shimoura, Yuichi Onda, Anne Mathieu, Denis Quelo, Olivier Saunier and Damien Didier 12. Recommendations for the Fukushima project from foreign scientists Anne Mathieu, Denis Quelo, Olivier Saunier, Damien Didier, Nicholas S. Fisher and Olivier Evrard Glossary References Index.