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Review of Articles Related to the Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Published in the Japanese Journal of Health Physics: Environment Monitoring (Secondary Publication)

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The Japanese Journal of Health Physics has published many articles related to the 2011 accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Among them, as of March 2022, 40 articles in the field of environmental monitoring had been published. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including environmental radiation, radioactivity monitoring, and decontamination methods developed after the accident. The papers presented in this journal and reviewed in this article reflect the experiences of experts in radiation protection and radioecology, and they also serve as a record of the practical challenges faced at the time. Readers are encouraged to use this review as a gateway to the original articles.

Source: Journal of Radiation Protection and Research

DOI: 10.14407/jrpr.2024.00332

Authors: Kazuki Iwaoka, Yoko Shimada, Akira Suzuki, Masahiro Hosoda, Team in Charge of Environmental Monitoring of the WG for Reviewing Articles Related to the Accident on 1F

Institutions: National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Kyoto University, Radiation Effects Association, Hirosaki University

Language: English

Topic: Radioactive contamination and transfer

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7140194648

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