The Result of Radionuclide Concentrations in Fallout around Tokai Reprocessing Plant after Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Depopulation with rapid aging in Minamisoma City after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.

Evacuation effect on excess mortality among institutionalized elderly after the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant accident.

The Great East Japan Earthquake hit Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2011, just over 3 years ago and it continues to affect our lives. In Fukushima, many people are confirmed dead or still missing due to the earthquake and/or tsunami. Additional "disaster-related deaths" have been attributed to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) accident. Mortality among the institutionalized elde...

Radiocesium concentrations in wild mushrooms collected in Kawauchi Village after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

It is well known from the experience after the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant that radiocesium tends to concentrate in wild mushrooms. In this study, we collected wild mushrooms from the Kawauchi Village of Fukushima Prefecture, located within 30 km of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, and evaluated their radiocesium concentrations to estimate the risk of internal r...

Radionuclide release from Fukushima nuclear power plant

A. Stohl, P. Seibert, G. Wotawa, D. Arnold , J. F. Burkhart, S. Eckhardt, C. Tapia, A. Vargas, and T. J. Yasunari NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, Vienna, Austria Institute of Energy Technologies (INTE), Technical University ...

Pregnant and birth survey after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident In Fukushima Prefecture.

BACKGROUND On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake followed by a powerful tsunami hit the Pacific Coast of Northeast Japan and damaged Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, causing a radiation hazard in Fukushima Prefecture. The objective of this report is to describe some results of a questionnaire-based pregnancy and birth survey conducted by the Radi...