scholarly journals Measuring Long-term Effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident on Real Estate Prices

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Norifumi Yukutake ◽  
Satomi Sugawara
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
Real Estate Prices

scholarly journals The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and school bullying of affected children and adolescents: the need for continuous radiation education

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyoaki Sawano ◽  
Yoshitaka Nishikawa ◽  
Akihiko Ozaki ◽  
Claire Leppold ◽  
Masaharu Tsubokura
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
School Bullying ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant Accident ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
Effects Of Radiation ◽  
Radiation Education

Abstract The health threats of radiation-release incidents are diverse and long term. In addition to direct radiation effects, it is imperative to manage the indirect effects of radiation such as stigma, prejudice and broader mental health impacts. Six years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident of March 2011, bullying caused by stigma and prejudice toward evacuees, including children, has become a social problem in Japan. This phenomenon may be associated with the fact that knowledge about radiation has still not reached the general public, and to a potential lack of motivation among Japanese citizens to learn about radiation and bullying. Continuous and sustained education regarding radiation is warranted in order to enhance the general knowledge level about the effects of radiation in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, and this education will become an important reference for education after future nuclear disasters.

scholarly journals Long-Term Aging of Chernobyl Fuel Debris: Corium and “Lava”

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1073
Author(s):  
Bella Zubekhina ◽  
Boris Burakov ◽  
Ekaterina Silanteva ◽  
Yuri Petrov ◽  
Vasiliy Yapaskurt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Mass Loss ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Chemical Alteration ◽  
Laboratory Conditions ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
Important Basis

Samples of Chernobyl fuel debris, including massive corium and “lava” were collected inside the Chernobyl “Sarcophagus” or “Shelter” in 1990, transported to Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and stored under laboratory conditions for many years. In 2011 aged samples were visually re-examined and it was confirmed that most of them remained intact, although some evidence of self-destruction and chemical alteration were clearly observed. Selected samples of corium and “lava” were affected by static leaching at temperatures of 25, 90 and 150 °C in distilled water. A normalized Pu mass loss (NLPu) from corium samples after 140 days was noted to be 0.5 g/m2 at 25 °C and 1.1 g/m2 at 90 °C. For “lava” samples NLPu was 2.2–2.3 g/m2 at 90 °C for 140 days. The formation of secondary uranyl phases on the surface of corium and “lava” samples altered at 150 °C was confirmed. The results obtained are considered as an important basis for the simulation of fuel debris aging at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP).

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