LATEST UPDATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCY RESEARCH
This booklet is intended to deliver the latest results of disaster environment research to those who are at the forefront of society toward solving various issues caused by disasters.
(The name of NIES Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center was changed to Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center from April 2021.)
FY2023
- Preparing for environmental emergency risks : Initiatives toward Pre-Disaster planning and mitigation
- Promoting the utilization of sediment recovered from disaster waste resulting from wide-area mega-disasters
Hirofumi Sakanakura, Section Head, Material Cycles Assessment Research Section, Material Cycles Division - Analysis of past accidents resulting in the release of chemicals into the environment
Yosuke Koyama, Senior Researcher, Strategic Risk Management Research Section, Health and Environmental Risk Division - Environmental monitoring systems and measurement technologies for when disasters strike
Daisuke Nakajima, Section Head, Environmental Exposure and Effect Research Section, Health and Environmental Risk Division
Yoshikatsu Takazawa, Senior Researcher, Environmental Standards Section, Health and Environmental Risk Division
- Assessing exposure to chemicals released by disasters and epidemiological survey tools
Shoji F. Nakayama, Section Head, Exposure Dynamics Research Section, Health and Environmental Risk Division
Mai Takagi, Senior Researcher, Exposure Dynamics Research Section, Health and Environmental Risk Division
FY2022
- Technology for the appropriate management and recycling of removed soil and decontamination waste
- Local community response to decontamination operations and storage of removed soil: a case study of Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture
Takashi Tsuji, Senior Researcher, Regional Environmental Renovation Section, NIES Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center
- Using removed soil as foundation material
Kazuto Endo, Section Head, Wastes and Material Cycles Research Section, NIES Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center - Development of thermal volume reduction technologies for decontamination waste
Hidetoshi Kuramochi, Section Head, Fundamental Recycling Technology Section, Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research - Final disposal of fly ash generated by the vitrification of incineration residues contaminated with radiocesium
Kenichi Arima, Research Associate, Material Cycles Science and Engineering Research Section, Material Cycles Division
FY2019
- About the theme of this issue—environmental renovation-based reconstruction and community development that leverages local resources
- Research on environmentally sustainable community energy supply in Fukushima Prefecture
Yujiro Hirano, Senior Researcher in Regional Environmental Renovation Section, Fukushima Branch
Shogo Nakamura, Researcher in Regional Environmental Renovation Section, Fukushima Branch
- Utilization of wood biomass in the Okuaizu region: Rethinking a local community to make it sustainable
Makoto Oba，Head of the Regional Environmental Renovation Section, Fukushima Branch - Supporting regional reconstruction and sustainable development with a regional integrated assessment model
Kei Gomi, Senior Researcher in Regional Environmental Renovation Section, Fukushima Branch - Planning support for distributed energy systems that contribute to post-disaster reconstruction and sustainable community development
Takuya Togawa, Senior Researcher in Regional Environmental Renovation Section, Fukushima Branch
FY2018
- About the theme of this issue, the post-quake natural environment
- The changes brought about by the Great East Japan Earthquake on the coastal ecosystem, and the recovery and conservation of that ecosystem
Gen Kanaya, Senior Researcher, Marine Environment Section, Center for Regional Environmental Research - The effect of dams in storing radiocesium
Hideki Tsuji, Researcher, Environmental Impact Assessment Section,Fukushima Branch - Monitoring terrestrial ecosystems: methods and results
Akira Yoshioka, Researcher, Environmental Impact Assessment Section, Fukushima Branch - Development of plants that enable radiation-derived DNA lesions to be spotted with the naked eye
Masanori Tamaoki, Principal Researcher, Environmental Impact Assessment Section,Fukushima Branch
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