[H-CG31] [EJ] Battles of soil scientists for recapturing Fukushima land from Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Tue. May 23, 2017 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM 304 (International Conference Hall 3F)

convener:Taku Nishimura(Deptartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo), Masaru Mizoguchi(Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo), Kosuke Noborio(Meiji University), Chairperson:Taku Nishimura(Deptartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo), Chairperson:Kousuke Noborio(School of Agricultural Science, Meiji University, School of Agricultural Science, Meiji University)

Five years have passed since the accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. Remediation of lands from radioactive pollutants derived from the power plant is still on the way. However, some local villagers have started returning their own home. At this moment, it is critical for local residents whether they could come home, and restart farming in the village. Scientists must be responsible for answering such questions. Since the accident, scientists have discovered important information on behaviors of radioactive cesium, i.e. cesium deposited in the forest is expected to move quite slowly and some minerals like weathered biotite tightly retains radioactive cesium.

More than 70% of the Fukushima area is covered by forest, and commercial farming is the most important activity in the polluted areas of Fukushima. The situation would exert difficult assignments on scientists such as life in a forest landscape, possibility of and how to restart producing agricultural commodities at decontaminated farmlands, and restructuring local communities, and so on. Those complex issues are related to social and natural sciences such as sociology, agronomy, soil science, hydrology and ecology, etc. We did preliminary discussion at ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meeting 2013 in Tampa, U.S.A. by driving a session "Battles of Soil Scientists in Fukushima, Japan".

In the coming session we are welcome to have oral or poster presentations by any related areas of science, and expecting to share latest scientific information, insights and ideas on this matter.

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3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

[HCG31-01] Challenges of Agricultural land Remediation and Renewal of Agriculture in Iitate Village by a collaboration between scholar and NPO

*Masaru Mizoguchi¹ (1.Graduate school of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

[HCG31-02] Monitoring Inspection for Radiocesium in Agricultural, Livestock, Forestry and Fishery Products in Fukushima Prefecture

*Nihei Naoto¹, Keitaro Tanoi¹, Tomoko Nakanishi¹ (1.Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

[HCG31-03] Current status of reconstruction and challenges post the Fukushima disaster: Case study of Iitate Village

*Toshihiro Hattori¹, Akemi Saito² (1.Meiji University, 2.Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[HCG31-04] Radiocesium runoff forms and its temporal variation at two rivers in Iitate, Fukushima

*Kazutoshi Osawa¹, Taku Nishimura², Masaru Mizoguchi² (1.Utsunomiya University, 2.The University of Tokyo)

4:30 PM - 4:55 PM

[HCG31-05] Watershed Modeling Tools for Stakeholders: Utilizing Fallout Radionuclides to Assess Sustainable Management, Climate Change, Disaster Recovery and Community Resilience

★Invited papers

*Chris S Renschler^1,2, Misa Yasumiishi^1,2, Mabit Lionel³, Moncef Benmansour⁴ (1.Deptartment of Geography, University at Buffalo (UB) - The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY, USA, 2.Landscape-based Environmental System Analysis & Modeling (LESAM) Laboratory, Buffalo, NY, USA, 3.Soil and Water Management & Crop Nutrition Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Austria, 4.Centre National de l’Energie des Sciences et des Technique Nucléaires (CNESTEN), Rabat, Morocco)

Discussion (4:55 PM - 5:00 PM)