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This open access book summarizes the latest scientific findings regarding the biological effects of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident in 2011. Various cases of changes in animals and organisms have been reported since the FNPP accident. However, it is often unknown whether they are actually due to radiation, since the dose or dose-rate are not necessarily associated with the changes observed. This book brings together the works of radiation biologists and ecologists to provide reliable radioecology data and gives insight into future radioprotection. The book examines the environmental pollution and radiation exposure, and contains valuable data from abandoned livestock in the ex-evacuation zone and from wild animals including invertebrates and vertebrates, aqueous and terrestrial animals, and plants that are subjected to long-term exposure in the area still affected by radiation. It also analyzes dose evaluation, and offers new perspectives gained from the accident, as well as an overview for future studies to promote radioprotection of humans and the ecosystem. Since the biological impact of radiation is influenced by various factors, it is difficult to scientifically define the effects of low-dose/low-dose-rate radiation. However, the detailed research data presented can be combined with the latest scientific and technological advances, such as artificial intelligence, to provide new insights in the future. This book is a unique and valuable resource for researchers, professionals and anyone interested in the impact of exposure to radiation or contamination with radioactive materials.

Animal genetics. --- Radiation protection. --- Radiation—Safety measures. --- Cancer research. --- Radiology. --- Human physiology. --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection. --- Cancer Research. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Human Physiology. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Medical sciences --- Physics --- Human biology --- Physiology --- Human body --- Radiological physics --- Radiation --- Cancer research --- Radiation monitoring --- Radiation protection --- Genetics --- Safety measures. --- Nuclear power plants --- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. --- Accidents --- Environmental aspects --- Fukushima I Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima II Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daini Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 --- Atomic power plants --- Nuclear power stations --- Nuclear facilities --- Power-plants --- Antinuclear movement --- Nuclear energy --- Environmental aspects. --- Life sciences --- Animal genetics --- Radiation—Safety measures --- Radiology --- Human physiology --- Biophysics

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This book presents the 5-year monitoring of radioactive contamination in the Tokyo metropolitan area due to the Fukushima accident, covering radiation monitoring of soil, litter, river, water, seawater, aquatic sediments, fish and shellfish, and plants in urban areas. Based on spatial and temporal data, it evaluates the environmental radiation contamination of the Tokyo metropolitan following the first nuclear accident affecting an urban area since Chernobyl. Since little is known about the contamination in Kiev city, this data is particularly valuable, offering insights into the dynamics of radioactive contamination in metropolitan areas, which are of interest in relation to the behavior of radionuclides resulting not only from nuclear accidents but also from nuclear terrorism? As such, this book will be appeal to nuclear and radiation experts, environmental administration professionals and specialists in environmental protection groups, as well as student and academics in the related fields.

Radiation protection. --- Radiation—Safety measures. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Water quality. --- Water pollution. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Environmental management. --- Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection. --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Water Quality/Water Pollution. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Freshwater --- Freshwater quality --- Marine water quality --- Quality of water --- Seawater --- Seawater quality --- Water --- Environmental quality --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Radiation monitoring --- Radiation protection --- Quality --- Composition --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Radiation --- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011. --- Measurement. --- Safety measures. --- Pollution. --- Fukushima I Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima II Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Daini Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Disaster, Japan, 2011 --- Fukushima Nuclear Accident, Japan, 2011 --- Nuclear power plants --- Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 --- Radiometry --- Electromagnetic measurements --- Accidents