Other – Hiroaki KATO's Study Page

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).

>August 5, 2021
The following three articles submitted to research journal have been accepted and published online.
1) Mensah et al. (2021) The Distribution and Migration of 137Cs in Oak (Quercus serrata) and Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) Forest Organic Fractions. Forests, accepted.

2) Holiaka et al. (2021) Scots pine stands biomass assessment using 3D data from unmanned aerial vehicle imagery in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Journal of Environmental Management, 295, 113319.

3) Igarashi et al. (2021) Impacts of freeze-thaw processes and subsequent runoff on 137Cs washoff from bare land in Fukushima. Science of the Total Environment, 769, 144706.

>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.