[U-02] Ten years from the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake: A milestone of earth science

[U02-04] The impact and fate of fallout radionuclides by Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident in Terrestrial systems

★Invited Papers

*Yuichi Onda¹ (1.Center for Research on Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba)

Keywords:Cs-137, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant accident, Riverine transport, Fixation, downward migration

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident released the largest quantity of radiocaesium into the terrestrial environment since the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The surrounding land received 2.7 PBq of radiocaesium to forests, agricultural lands, grasslands, and urban areas, from which the radionuclides migrated through soil and waterways. In this presentation, the deposition and distribution of radionuclides, especially radiocaesium, in the terrestrial environment as a result of the FDNPP accident are discussed based on the past 10 years' intensive dataset. Anthropogenic activities such as rice and vegetable cultivation and residential activities in the upstream area have led to a rapid decline in the activity concertation of 137Cs of suspended sediment (SS) transport in the river network, and these declines directly control the dissolved 137Cs concentration in the river water. We outline the environmental and anthropogenic factors that influenced the subsequent transport and impacts of radionuclides through the environment.