Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review

Evrard, Olivier; Laceby, J. Patrick; Nakao, Atsushi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-333-2019

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-333-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-333-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 2

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12 Dec 2019

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Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review

Olivier Evrard, J. Patrick Laceby, and Atsushi Nakao

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Preprint (discussion started on 01 Aug 2019)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'scoresheet', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Aug 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to RC1', Olivier Evrard, 02 Oct 2019
SC1: 'General appreciation with some recommendations for text and message improvement', Yves Thiry, 28 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to feedback on the manuscript', Olivier Evrard, 02 Oct 2019
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Oct 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to RC2', Olivier Evrard, 02 Oct 2019
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Oct 2019
- AC4: 'Reply to comments of reviewer 3', Olivier Evrard, 20 Oct 2019

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Oct 2019) by Giacomo Certini

AR by Olivier Evrard on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Nov 2019) by Giacomo Certini

ED: Publish as is (05 Nov 2019) by John Quinton (Executive editor)

AR by Olivier Evrard on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011 resulted in the contamination of Japanese landscapes with radioactive fallout. The objective of this review is to provide an overview of the decontamination strategies and their potential effectiveness in Japan. Overall, we believe it is important to synthesise the remediation lessons learnt following the FDNPP nuclear accident, which could be fundamental if radioactive fallout occurred somewhere on Earth in the future.