Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

Presentation information

Oral

Symbol M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-AG Applied Geosciences

[M-AG38] Dynamics of radionuclides emitted from Fukuchima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the environment

Tue. May 26, 2015 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM 301B (3F)

Convener:*Kazuyuki Kita(Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University), Yuichi Onda(Center for Research on Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba), Teruyuki Nakajima(Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute), Yasuhito Igarashi(Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute), Masatoshi Yamada(Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University), Chisato Takenaka(Graduate school of bioagricultural sciences, Nagoya University), masayoshi yamamoto(Low Level Radioactivity Laboratory, Kanazawa University), Atsushi Shinohara(Graduate school of science, Osaka University), Chair:Masatoshi Yamada(Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University)

5:21 PM - 5:24 PM

[MAG38-P11] Evaluation of wide area inventory and migration rate of radioactive caesium based on USLE model

3-min talk in an oral session

*Noriko NAKAMURA1, Yuichi ONDA1, Akihiko KONDOH2, Yoshifumi WAKIYAMA1 (1.Center for research in isotopes and environmental dynamics, University of Tsukuba, 2.Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University)

Keywords:the Great East Japan Earthquake, Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, caesium 137, USLE, soil erosion, migration of radioactive contamination

The radioactive contaminations which flowed out from the Fukushima nuclear power plant first due to the Great East Japan Earthquake are still contained great amounts in the soil around the nuclear power plant, and it causes serious concern over the health of inhabitants. In this study, for the prediction of the migration dynamics of radioactive caesium deposited on the soil around the nuclear power plant, the time-spatial variation of deposition and washoff ratio of 137Cs up to the present was calculated based on the soil erosion rate obtained from the USLE and the initial 137Cs inventory obtained by the airborne monitoring. The parameters needed for calculation of USLE were determined from the observation results obtained from the study sites established in the Fukushima prefecture. The estimation results from the calculation were compared with the measurements of 137Cs washoff ratio obtained from the rivers around the nuclear power plant. As the result, calculated 137Cs washoff rate was approximately underestimate than the measured rate however was consistent qualitatively. And in the view of landuse, in the catchment of Abukuma river, the ratio of washoff from the paddy was large in the early period from the accident, however, as time goes on, the ratio of washoff from the paddy has decreased and the ratio of other landuses has increased.