Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018

Presentation information

[EJ] Poster

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

[M-AG33] Dynamics of radionuclides emitted from Fukuchima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the environment

Sun. May 20, 2018 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall7, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Kazuyuki Kita(Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University), Yuichi Onda(Center for Research on Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba), SHINOHARA ATSUSHI(大阪大学, 共同), Daisuke Tsumune(Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)

[MAG33-P07] Impact on river water quality by the wildfire in non-decontamination forest in Fukushima Prefecture

*Takayuki KURAMOTO1, Naoki NOMURA1, Seiji HAYASHI2, Hideki TSUJI2, Hirotsugu ARAI1 (1.Fukushima Prefectural Centre for Environmental Creation, 2.National Institute for Environmental Studies)

Keywords:wildfire, radiocesium

In April 2017, the wildfire occurred in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture. The area is included in the difficult-to-return zone due to TEPCO’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011. Because forest is not subject to decontamination, it is possible that river water quality is affected by changes of 137Cs dynamics in catchment after the wildfire. Therefore, we investigate the change of outflow of 137Cs from the catchment to evaluate the influence of wildfire on the change of river water quality. In this paper, we report the results of 137Cs and major ion concentrations in the river waters in the study site.