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- Provides a quick grasp of the extent of the Fukushima accident’s effect on agriculture
- Details the movement of radioactivity during a one-and-a-half-year period
- All data are original, collected in situ
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Following the Fukushima nuclear accident, a large volume of monitoring data has been collected about the soil, air, dust, and seawater, along with data about an immense number of foods supplied to the market. Little is known, however, about the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture, information about which is vital. Although more than 80% of the damaged area is related to agriculture, in situ information specifically for agriculture is scarce. This book provides data about the actual movement and accumulation of radioactivity in the ecological system—for example, whether debris deposited on mountains can be a cause of secondary contamination, under what conditions plants accumulate radioactive cesium in their edible parts, and how radioactivity is transferred from hay to milk. Because agriculture is so closely related to nature, many specialists with different areas of expertise must be involved in answering these questions. In the case of rice, researchers in rice cultivation as well as in soil, hydrology, and radioactivity measurement are working together to reveal the paths or accumulation of radioactivity in the field. For this purpose, the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo has diverse facilities available throughout Japan, including farmlands, forests, and meadowlands. Many academic staff members have formed groups to conduct on-site research, with more than 40 volunteers participating. This book presents the data collected from the only project being systematically carried out across Japan after the Fukushima accident.
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Editors: Tomoko M. Nakanishi, Keitaro Tanoi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54328-2
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54327-5Published: 28 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56133-0Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54328-2Published: 15 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 204
Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 69 illustrations in colour
Topics: Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Agriculture, Food Science, Plant Ecology, Animal Ecology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences