Environmental Impact Assessment Section

Researchers in this section seek to reduce radiation exposure risks in local communities of Fukushima Prefecture’s Hamadori region by investigating the routes by which radioactive substances contaminate the watersheds of major rivers and dam reservoirs in the region. More specifically, they are conducting water, soil, and biological monitoring studies to ascertain the behavior of radiocesium isotopes, analyze inflow and outflow volumes in basins that include areas with high radiocesium contamination, and elucidate the status of migration of radiocesium to various ecosystems and the characteristics of this migration.