Comparison of lifetime mortality risk, incidence risk, and DALYs of baseline cancer rates among countries as a benchmark for radiation-related cancer risk.

Statistical benchmark data are necessary when considering the basis for radiation protection criteria based on calculated risks. We herein focused on baseline mortality and incidence cancer rates as benchmark data collected from 33 countries. Furthermore, we calculated the lifetime mortality and incidence risks and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for all solid cancers, colon cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, and leukemia using the baseline cancer rates and compared them among the countries.

Temporal changes in cumulative mortality risks of cancer, by occupation, in the working population of Japan from 1995 to 2020: a benchmark for radiation risk comparison.

The purpose of this study was to provide benchmark data for discussing the tolerability of cancer risk associated with occupational radiation exposure. It focused on differences in cancer mortality risk by occupation among Japan's working population and examined baseline cancer mortality risks and its variations from 1995 through 2020. Data were collected every five years from national vital statistics sources.

Public Attitudes toward the Final Disposal of Radioactively Contaminated Soil Resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident.

Radioactively contaminated soil from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident in 2011 is required by law to be finally disposed of outside Fukushima Prefecture by 2045. To gain public acceptance of this policy, it is essential to promote understanding and nationwide discussion. We conducted a web-based survey of 2000 people in Japan to examine public attitudes toward final disposal of the contaminated soil outside Fukushima Prefecture.

Impacts of environmental decontamination on the rebuilding of returnees' lives after the Fukushima accident.

Environmental decontamination after a nuclear disaster not only contributes to reducing the public's exposure to radiation, it also introduces waste disposal issues arising from the decontamination process. In addition to that issue, the optimisation of decontamination efforts necessitates the consideration of various environmental, economic, and societal factors. Stakeholders' perspectives are important for identifying the multifaceted aspects to be considered.

Explaining the variation in Cs aggregated transfer factor for wild edible plants as a case study on Koshiabura (Eleutherococcus sciadophylloides) buds.

The aggregated transfer factor (T) is commonly used to represent the actual transfer of radiocesium from soil to wild edible plants, but the values have shown substantial variation since the Fukushima nuclear accident. To elucidate the factors causing this variation, we investigated the effects of spatial scale and vertical Cs distribution in the soil on the variation of T-Cs values for one of the most severely contaminated wild edible plants, Eleutherococcus sciadophylloides Franch. et Sav.

Factors influencing acceptability of final disposal of incinerated ash and decontaminated soil from TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident.

TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident prompted extensive decontamination work. The decontaminated soil and incinerated ash generated by the process are scheduled for final disposal by March 2045 outside Fukushima Prefecture. The final disposal is unprecedented worldwide.

Changes in air dose rates due to soil moisture content in the Fukushima prefecture forests.

Radionuclides released and deposited because of the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident caused an increase in air dose rates in Fukushima Prefecture forests. Although an increase in air dose rates during rainfall was previously reported, the air dose rates in the Fukushima forests decreased during rainfall. This study aimed to develop a method to estimate rainfall-related changes in air dose rates, even in the absence of soil moisture data, in Namie-Town and Kawauchi-Village, Futaba-gun, Fukushima Prefecture.

Important factors for public acceptance of the final disposal of contaminated soil and wastes resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident.

Large-scale decontamination work has been carried out in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident in Japan in 2011. The soil that was removed and the wastes that were generated during the decontamination will be finally disposed of outside Fukushima Prefecture by 2045. To ensure successful and socially acceptable implementation of this final disposal process, it is essential to have a good understanding of what is considered important by the public.

Aggregated transfer factor of Cs in edible wild plants and its time dependence after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident.

We obtained the aggregated transfer factor (T) for 10 common edible wild plant species (four perennial spermatophytes, bamboo shoot, two tree species, and three perennial pteridophytes) in northeastern Japan. Measurement of T was carried out in 2012-2019 and we also used publicly available data for 2012-2019: food monitoring data and total deposition data from an airborne survey. The T obtained from actual measurements agreed well with T values calculated from the publicly available data.

Aggregated transfer factor of Cs in wild edible mushrooms collected in 2016-2020 for long-term internal dose assessment use.

Ingestion of edible wild mushrooms collected in areas contaminated with radiocesium released from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident may pose a risk of internal dose to their consumers. A species-specific aggregated transfer factor (T), which is calculated using radiocesium concentration in a wild mushroom species (Bq kg wet mass [WM]) divided by the total concentration in the soil surface area (Bq m), would be a useful tool to estimate the dose from wild mushrooms by ingestion. In this study, we especially focused on the T data collected in 2016-2020 to use these values for a long-term dose assessment.

Simplified measurement method for dissolved radio-Cs in litter and soil seepage water using copper-substituted Prussian blue.

We developed a simple and rapid method for detecting dissolved radio-Cs in litter and/or soil seepage water using nonwoven fabrics impregnated with copper-substituted Prussian blue (Cu-NF). In laboratory and field experiments, litter and/or soil seepage water including dissolved radio-Cs were passed through traditional lysimeter systems combined with seven sheets of the Cu-NF. We then examined the recovery ratios of dissolved (137)Cs in the Cu-NF.

Spatial variation in the (137)Cs inventory in soils in a mixed deciduous forest in Fukushima, Japan.

The spatial variation of the radiocesium inventory in forest soil was studied c.a. 44 km northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan.

Radiocesium accumulation in the anuran frog, Rana tagoi tagoi, in forest ecosystems after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Amphibians are key components in forest food webs. When examining radioactive contamination in anurans, it is important to understand how radiocesium transfer occurs from lower to higher trophic levels in forest ecosystems. We investigated the activity concentration of radiocesium ((134)Cs and (137)Cs) in Tago's brown frog (Rana tagoi tagoi) captured on the forest floor approximately 2.