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Impact of the Fukushima Accident on Marine Biota, Five Years Later. / Vives i Batlle, Jordi; Horemans, Nele (Peer reviewer).
In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1, 21.09.2016, p. 654-658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Impact of the Fukushima Accident on Marine Biota, Five Years Later
AU - Vives i Batlle, Jordi
A2 - Horemans, Nele
N1 - Score=10
PY - 2016/9/21
Y1 - 2016/9/21
N2 - In a previous commentary written in 2011 in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident in Japan, I summarized what was then understood about the effects of accidental radioactive discharges to marine life and forecasted into the future how the marine environment would likely be affected. Since that time, several studies have been conducted on the impact of the accident on marine organisms, and radiation doses arising thereof. I developed a dynamic transfer model for studying the bioaccumulation of Fukushima radionuclides in marine biota and assessed the impact and likelihood of effects to marine life. In the present article, I highlight the lessons learned over the past 5 years. I address whether the environmental consequences in the marine environment are as significant as initially feared and, with respect to the current situation, what remains to be investigated as the radioactivity continues to spread in the marine environment.
AB - In a previous commentary written in 2011 in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident in Japan, I summarized what was then understood about the effects of accidental radioactive discharges to marine life and forecasted into the future how the marine environment would likely be affected. Since that time, several studies have been conducted on the impact of the accident on marine organisms, and radiation doses arising thereof. I developed a dynamic transfer model for studying the bioaccumulation of Fukushima radionuclides in marine biota and assessed the impact and likelihood of effects to marine life. In the present article, I highlight the lessons learned over the past 5 years. I address whether the environmental consequences in the marine environment are as significant as initially feared and, with respect to the current situation, what remains to be investigated as the radioactivity continues to spread in the marine environment.
KW - Dynamic modelling
KW - Non-human biota
KW - Fukushima
KW - Environment
KW - Transfer
UR - http://ecm.sckcen.be/OTCS/llisapi.dll/open/20089288
U2 - 10.1002/jeam.1825
DO - 10.1002/jeam.1825
M3 - Article
VL - 12
SP - 654
EP - 658
JO - Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
JF - Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
SN - 1551-3793
IS - 4
M1 - 1
ER -
ID: 1566510