Ⅱ. Information Sources Related to the Disaster

1. Radiation

1) Radiation levels

(1) Measurement data for radiation levels around the nuclear power facility

•  Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)

(2) Observation data for spatial distribution of doses per region

•  Ministry of the Environment
•  Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology
•  Monitoring Information of environmental radioactivity level
•  Fukushima Prefectural Disaster Policy Division
•  Fukushima Prefecture radiation measurements map
•  Spatial distribution, wind speed, measurement results

Tsukuba research institutions

•  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
•  High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
•  Japan Atomic Energy Agency

(3) Dose projections, including internal exposure

•  Nuclear Regulation Authority

(4) Designated projections of International Atomic Energy Agency

•  (IAEA)
   Environmental Emergency Response (EER) Projections, Materials, etc. from Regional Specialized Meteorological Center

2) Radiation in tap-water

•  Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
•  Impact of Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant Accident on tap-water in Ibaraki Prefecture
•  Monitoring results for radioactive substances in tap-water in Ibaraki Prefecture

3) Wind direction and speed

•  Atmospheric Environmental Regional Observation System : AEROS
•  Fukushima Prefecture Atmospheric Environment

4) Radiation and nuclear basics

•  Radioactivity and Radiation (Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan)
•  Science Media Center of Japan
•  National Institute of Radiological Science
•  Japan Chemical Analysis Center (Japanese only)
•  Environmental Radioactivity and Radiation in Japan

2. Disaster Waste

1）  Ministry of the Environment
 Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

2） Academic, etc.

•  Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

3) Materials relating to the Disaster Response Network

•  Treatment methods for waste containing saline matter (third edition)
•  Treatment of Tsunami deposits (second edition)
•  Weight-volume conversion of disaster waste (first edition)

4） Other

•  Science Council of Japan
•  Society for Risk Analysis of Japan
•  Japan Society of Civil Engineers (Japanese only)

Great East Japan Earthquake Information Page

•  Ⅰ.Initiatives at the National Institute for Environmental Studies
  •  1.Appropriate treatment and disposal of disaster waste and waste contaminated by radioactive substances
  •  2.Clarifying behaviors for radioactive substances in multimedia (atmosphere, soil, water, plants, organisms and ecosystems, etc.)
  •  3.Studies and projections on environmental change originating from the disaster and associated effects
  •  4.Details of research outcomes presented at the NIES Public Symposium
  •  5.An Overview of Research on Disaster Environment
  •  6.Other
    •  (1) Tsukuba City radioactive substances and radiation measurements
    •  (2) Research outcomes etc., from NIES researchers (Presented prior to the occurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake)
    •  (3) Kankyo Tenbodai (Environmental Observatory), search service for disaster information relating to environment in environmental information media
•  Ⅱ. Information Sources Related to the Disaster