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Application Period for 2020 ERAN Collaborative Research Project was EXTENDED.

Application period for the 2020 ERAN Collaborative Research Project was extended until February 21, 2020.
Application Guidelines and Forms are available in the following website of the ERAN.

<Link to the website of the ERNC>

New Collaborative Research Center entitled “Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center” has been launched.

New collaborative research center “Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERNC)” is established on April 1, 2019, by cross-agency collaboration of 3 National Universities (University of Tsukuba, Fukushima University, and Hirosaki University) and 3 National Institutes (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Quantum Medical Science Directorate at National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, and National … Continue reading “New Collaborative Research Center entitled “Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center” has been launched.”

New collaborative research center “Environmental Radioactivity Research Network Center (ERNC)” is established on April 1, 2019, by cross-agency collaboration of 3 National Universities (University of Tsukuba, Fukushima University, and Hirosaki University) and 3 National Institutes (Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Quantum Medical Science Directorate at National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, and National Institute for Environmental Studies).

The ERNC call for 2019 Collaborative Research Project. Application Guidelines and Forms are available in the website of the ERNC

<Press release by University of Tsukuba (in Japanese)>

<Link to the website of the ERNC>

New website has been launched!

Former website ( http://island.geocities.jp/hiroakis980/) has been closed. New website is now available (http://eng.katolab-geoenvironradioact.com).

>October 30, 2020
The results of the international project on environmental transfer parameters for the radionuclides released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident (IAEA MODARIA II) have been published as a series of IAEA technical reports series. I was responsible for writing part of Chapter 5.
Chapter 5: Forest Ecosystems.
In Environmental Transfer of Radionuclides in Japan following the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. IAEA-TECDOC-1927, p.129-178.

>October 28, 2020
The article accepted for publication in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment was now available online.
Onda et al. (2020) Radionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in terrestrial systems. Nature Reviews Earth &Environment, in press.

>October 26, 2020
The following five articles submitted to academic journal have been accepted and published online.
1) Hisadome et al. (2020) Spatial variation and radiocesium flux of litterfall in hardwood-pine mixed forest and cedar plantations based on long-term monitoring data, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.
2) Onda et al. (2020) Soil and vegetation sampling during the early stage of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident and the implication for the emergency preparedness for agricultural systems, in Journal of Environmental Radioacitivity.
3) Chiwa et al. (2020) Effect of forest thinning on hydrologic nitrate exports from a N-saturated plantation, in Journal of Forestry Research 31, 387-395.
4) Teramage et al. (2020) Impact of forest thinning on the dynamics of litterfall derived ¹³⁷Cs deposits in coniferous forest floor after Fukushima accident, in Chemosphere.
5) Onda et al. (2020) Long-term environmental dynamics and prediction of radionuclides from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, in RADIOISOTOPES (in Japanese with English abstract).

>December 31, 2019
The article submitted to
Journal of Radiation Protection and Research was accepted for publication.
Saito et al. (2019) Temporal change in radiological environments on land after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Journal of Radiation Protection and Research 44(4), 128-148.