Annual Symposium

The 9th Annual Symposium on 13 and 14 February 2023

Abstracts are available for download from the below.

Oral Presentation, Feb. 13

For day 1, it was held jointly with the 2022 ERAN Annual Meeting, and the Oral and poster presentation were conducted. All the oral presentations for experts were given in English. We received many questions from participants, such as how groundwater is affected by tritium. The "Student Award" was presented to students who gave the outstanding poster presentation at this year's poster session. Three students received the award, including KUROSAWA Honoka, a PhD student in the IER and Polina PAVLENKO, who has been accepted in the SATREPS Chernobyl project.

For day 2, in the symposium for the general public, six IER professors gave presentations on the theme “Environmental Radioactivity: New Frontiers”. We received a variety of questions from participants, both from researchers and the general public. Several questions were asked about ALPS treated water, indicating the high interest in the release of ALPS treated water from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant. In the discussion session, all presenters were asked about their thoughts: what kind of thoughts led to their presentation.

Thank you very much for your participation in the annual symposium!

Discussion session Feb. 13

Poster Presentation

Poster Presentation

Photo Shooting after first day

Associate Professor
TAKATA Hyoe on Feb. 14

Discussion session

KUROSAWA Honoka
won the student award
for her poster presentation.

Polina PAVLENKO
won the student award
for her poster presentation.

Photo shooting after the second day

February 28 & March 1, 2022 The 8th Annual Symposium

Abstracts are available for download from the button below.

Director Nanba giving opening remarks

The IER holds an annual symposium every year to report research results to the general public and experts and to exchange opinions. The 8th annual symposium was held on February 28 and March 1, 2022, with the theme “Fukushima Post-Accidental Contamination ~Consequences and long-term trends~”. Although the event was originally planned to be held as a hybrid event on-site and online, it changed to an online event due to the spread of infections of COVID-19. We received a lot of registration for participation and a total of approximately 220 people joined the oral presentation for experts and the symposium for the general public.

In the symposium for the general public, six IER professors gave presentations about their findings acquired in the research activities following the nuclear accident in 2011. Participants asked questions such as “What do you think that the number of analysis samples is limited?” and “Aren’t there any effects of the accident-derived radionuclides on wild animals now?” Many questions about tritium given by online participants suggested that people are very interested in the discharge of the ALPS treated water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. At last of the symposium, all six presenters shared their views on issues that need to be addressed.

The poster presentation was held on the special website of the symposium. Registered participants can view and listen to 32 posters presentations with audio commentaries until March 31, 2022. We hope we hold this event on-site next year so that participants can directly exchange opinions in person with each other.

Thank you very much for your participation in the annual symposium!

Dr. Aoyama giving
a presentation online

Prof. Wakiyama giving
a presentation

Prof. Yoschenko giving
a presentation

Photo shooting after the first day

Prof. Takata giving
a presentation

Prof. Ishiniwa giving
a presentation

Discussion time of the symposium
for the general public

Photo shooting after the second day

Date　：	Thursday, March 18, 2021	10:00～16:30
Venue　：	Online
Program　：	Poster session	10:00 – 12:00
	Symposium “Fukushima Environment from Chornobyl Perspective”	13:00 – 16:30

Abstracts are available for download from the button below.

Download Abstracts

The IER holds an annual symposium in March every year to report the research results to the general public and experts and to exchange opinions. The 7th Annual Symposium was held online for the first time in consideration of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Symposium consisted of two parts, a poster session and an oral symposium session, and was attended by about 150 people.

IER Director Kenji Nanba
giving a talk online.

The poster session was conducted by streaming of the presenters’ short talk videos online and posting the presentation materials on the cloud service. A total of 45 presentations on environmental radioactivity were made not only by the IER researchers but also by researchers from other universities and research institutes, and active discussions took place online.

The symposium was held on the theme of “Fukushima Environment from Chornobyl Perspective”, and six researchers gave lectures: Prof. Kenji Nanba (IER Director), Prof. Noboru Takamura (IER vice director/Professor of Nagasaki University), Project Prof. Alexei Konoplev (IER vice director), Prof. Vasyl Yoschenko (IER), Project Assistant Prof. Yasunori Igarashi (IER), and Project Associate Prof. Hyoe Takata (IER).

General discussion among presenters.

The presentations included a comparison of studies on dynamics of environmental radioactivity and health effects after the Fukushima and Chornobyl nuclear accidents, and an overview of the “SATREPS Chornobyl Project”, a joint research project conducted by the IER with Ukrainian research partners, and the research results to date.
In the general discussion that followed the lectures, the speakers exchanged views about what the current situation in Chornobyl suggests for the future prospect of Fukushima.

We would like to thank all the researchers and the general public from various places in Japan and abroad for their participation in this symposium and for their valuable feedback on our research and this event. Taking the feedback we received into consideration, the IER will continue to conduct further research activities and future events.

Program: Symposium “Fukushima Environment from Chornobyl Perspective”

13:00-13:05	Opening remarks	Hiroki Miura （President, Fukushima University）
13:05-13:10	Overview	Kenji Nanba （IER Director/ Professor)
13:10-13:35	Research on environmental radioactivity by the collaboration between Fukushima and Chornobyl researchers
13:35-14:00	Childhood thyroid cancer around Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant: The differences with Fukushima	Noboru Takamura （IER Vice Director/ Professor, Nagasaki University)
14:00-14:35	Fukushima and Chernobyl: similarities and differences in behaviour of radiocesium in soil-water environment	Alexei Konoplev (IER Vice Director/ Project Professor)
14:35-14:45	Break
14:45-15:20	Chernobyl and Fukushima forests: impacts and dynamics of radioactive contamination	Vasyl Yoschenko （IER Professor)
15:20-15:40	Dynamics of radionuclides throughout the river network in Chernobyl and Fukushima	Yasunori Igarashi （IER Project Assistant Professor)
15:40-16:00	Temporal trends of radio-cesium concentration in the marine environment after the Chernobyl and Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident	Hyoe Takata （IER Project Associate Professor）
16:00-16:25	General discussion	Facilitator: Toshihiro Wada （IER Associate Professor)
16:25-16:30	Closing remarks	Alexei Konoplev (IER Vice Director/ Project Professor)

Thank you to everyone who attended our 7th Annual Symposium.

We held 5th IER Annual Symposium at CORASSE.
Here we provide the slide dates on Symposium session on March 15.
Please note and understand that you can get the a parts of the whole data which is permmitted to be shown by presenters.

Program	1) Contribution to the recovery of Fukushima through the risk evaluation and communication: linkage with environment and society download Noboru Takamura （Professor, Nagasaki University/Vice Director, IER）
	2) What is happening to radioactivity in the environment of the Fukushima exclusion zone? download Alexei Konoplev （Professer, IER）
	3) Current status of radioactive contamination of fish near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant: toward the restoration of Fukushima’s coastal and inland water fisheries 　　　　　　　Toshihiro Wada （Associate professer, IER）
	4) Activity concentrations of radiocaesium in environmental samples collected from evacuated areas and internal radiation dose download Hirofumi Tsukada （Director, IER）

Thank you very much for your participation.

　
（Left）At Poster session.（Right）At Syomposium session.


（Left）Professor Alexei answering the question from attendees.

IERでは、一年に一度研究所全体のResearch
Activitiesの成果報告を行っています。これは研究者だけでなく、広く福島の一般の方々にも研究内容・活動を知っていただくための重要な機会と考えております。
第三回は平成29年3月14日にコラッセふくしま多目的ホールで口頭発表、企画展示室でポスター発表を行いました。参加者は200余名で、13時からのポスターセッションでは、一般の方々が興味のある分野の研究者に直接質問を行うことができ、研究内容に対する疑問や要望を広く集める機会となりました。

9:30	開会挨拶 Opening Address	福島大学長　中井勝己 所長　難波謙二 Katsumi Nakai (President of Fukushima University) Kenji Nanba (IER Director)
9:50	基調講演「人の被ばく線量と防護の考え方」 Keynote "Human Radiation Doses and Protection"	神田玲子（国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構・放射線医学総合研究所・放射線防護情報統合センター長） Ms. Reiko Kanda (NIRS)
10:50	【Rivers & Lakes】水環境における福島由来の放射性セシウムのゆくえ 【River & Lake group】Fate and transport of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in aquatic environment	脇山義史 Yoshifumi Wakiyama
11:15	【生態系】生態系での放射性核種のうごきと動植物への放射線の影響について何がわかってきたのか 【Ecosystem group】Recent advances in understanding radionuclide movement in ecosystems, and　the effects of radiation on plants and animals	トーマス・ヒントン Thomas Hinton
11:40	（昼食休憩）Lunch Break
13:00	ポスターセッション Poster session	（3階　企画展示室）
14:40	【Speciation Radiochemistry】環境における放射性物質の分布と挙動を解き明かすためのSpeciation Radiochemistry分析の適用 【Speciation Radiochemistry group】Application of speciation radiochemistry to understand the distribution and behavior of radionuclides in the environmental systems	イスマイル・ラハマン Ismail Md. Mofizur Rahman
15:00	【Measurement & Analysis】放射性核種または放射能のMeasurement & Analysisシステムの開発 【Measurement & Analysis group】Development of Measurement and Analysis System for Radionuclide or Radioactivity	高貝慶隆 Yoshitaka Takakgai
15:20	【海洋】海洋環境における人工放射性核種の長期挙動の研究：海洋および海洋生態系の放射性セシウムの現状 【Ocean group】Long term behavior of artificial radionuclides in the marine environment: present status of radiocaesium in the marine and marine ecology	青山道夫 Michio Aoyama
15:40	【Modelling】放射性物質の動態予測モデルの開発（大気、表層水、地下水） 【Modelling group】Development of the modelling tools for the prediction of radionuclide dynamics in atmosphere, surface water and ground water	平尾茂一 Shigekazu Hirao
16:00	（休憩）Break
16:10	パネルディスカッション 福島における動植物の被ばく線量と人の被ばく線量 ～そこから見えてくるもの～ Panel discussion "Radiation dose to wildlife and humans in Fukushima: what we are learning."	高村　昇（長崎大学） 神田玲子（QST・放射線医学総合研究所） トーマス・ヒントン、ヴァシル・ヨシェンコ、塚田祥文 Hirofumi Tsukada (IER, Facilitator) Thomas Hinton (IER) Vasyl Ioshchenko（IER） Noboru Takamura (Nagasaki Univ.) Ms. Reiko Kanda (NIRS)
17:25	閉会挨拶 Closing Address	副所長　恩田裕一（筑波大学） Prof. Yuichi Onda (IER vice director, Tsukuba Univ.)

At IER, we will report the results of our research activities, conducted in the whole of the institute, to the public once a year. We held a Progress Report Meeting for the public for the first time at the multiple purposes hall in Corasse Fukushima on March 7th 2016. The number of participants was 204, every seat was filled throughout the presentations, including people standing to listen and watch the presentations. We found that many people are very interested in "radioactivity" and want to hear about what we are studying at IER. After the meeting we dedicated time to listen to the opinions from the public and answer their questions. It was a good opportunity to exchange perspectives, and IER researchers were able to hear directly the concerns of the public.

	題　　名	発　表　者
	開会挨拶	中井勝己福島大学長
	所長挨拶	難波謙二研究所長
O-1	湖沼調査用モジュール構造型小型水中ロボットの開発 Development of a small and modular UROV for environmental surveying	高橋隆行 Takayuki Takahashi
O-2	放射性物質を含む鉱物の局所構造解析　－放射性セシウムを含む黒雲母の場合－ Local Structure Analysis of mineral by STEM -In the case of weathered biotite including radiocesium-	高瀬つぎ子 Tsugiko Takase
O-3	可搬型γ線スペクトロメータを用いた放射性核種のマッピングシステムの開発 Mobile Radiation Monitoring Research at IER	アラン・クレスウェル Alan Cresswell
O-4	福島起源の放射性セシウムの土壌　－水環境における挙動－ Behavior of Fukushima-derived radiocesium in soil-water environment	アレクセイ・コノプリョフ Alexei Konoplev
O-5	福島における流域スケールおよびプロットスケールの土砂移動にともなうCs-137の流出 Radiocesium wash-off associated with sediment dynamics in Fukushima	脇山義史 Yoshifumi Wakiyama
O-6	大規模洪水による放射性セシウムの再移動と海域への移行 Radiocesium redistribution and transfer to the ocean as a result of extreme floods	ヴァレンチン・ゴロゾフ Valentin Golosov
O-7	福島原発起源の放射性物質の陸域から水系による移行 Radiocesium transfer by water and sediment discharge through river networks after the Fukushima NPP accident	恩田裕一（筑波大学） Yuichi Onda (University of Tsukuba)
O-8	川内村復興推進拠点における長崎大学の活動 Activities of the Nagasaki University - Kawauchi Village Reconstruction Promotion Base	高村　昇（長崎大学） Noboru Takamura (Nagasaki University)
O-9	放射線災害医学教育の新たな挑戦 New Challenges in Radioation Disaster Medical Education	大津留　晶（福島県立医科大学） Akira Ohtsuru (Fukushima Medical University)
O-10	東電福島第一原発事故により北太平洋に放出された放射性セシウムの長期挙動 Long term behavior of radiocaesium in the North Pacific Ocean derived from TEPCO FNPP1 accident	青山道夫 Michio Aoyama
O-11	福島沖沿岸生態系への放射性セシウムの拡散 Radiocesium dispersion in coastal ecosystem off Fukushima	石丸　隆（東京海洋大学） Takashi Ishimaru (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
O-12	ウニの初期発生に及ぼす放射線の影響 Effects of ionizing radiation on the early development of sea urchin	井出　博（広島大学） Hirosi Ide (Hiroshima University)
O-13	放射性核種の生態系における環境動態調査事業　－分析、移行調査と線量評価－ Study on environmental dynamics of radionuclides in Fukushima -Analysis , Migration and Dose Assessment	青野辰雄（放射線医学総合研究所） Tatsuo Aono (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
O-14	阿武隈川における溶存態及び懸濁態微粒子放射性セシウム濃度のモニタリングについて Monitoring of dissolved and particulate radiocesium concentration in Abukuma River water	難波謙二 Kenji Nanba
O-15	阿武隈川水系を中心とした福島県の淡水魚の放射性セシウム濃度 Radiocesium concentrations in freshwater fish in Fukushima, especially focused on the Abukuma River System	和田敏裕 Toshihiro Wada
O-16	津波被災および放射能汚染に伴う人間の移出が野生哺乳類群集に与える影響 Impacts of human migration on wild mammal communities due to Tsunami and radioactive contamination	奥田　圭 Kei Okuda
O-17	野生生物の放射線量測定のための新しい手法について New methods for determining radiation dose to wildlife	トーマス・ヒントン Thomas Hinton
O-18	福島の森林における放射性セシウムについて Radiocesium in Fukushima forests	ヴァシル・ヨシェンコ Vasyl Ioshchenko
O-19	土壌生態系の微生物とセシウム移行におけるその役割 Soil bacteria and their role in the redistribution of Cs in ecosystems	オレナ・パレニューク Olena Pareniuk
O-20	放射性核種のSpeciation Radiochemistry研究－土壌および農業用水における137CsのSpeciation Radiochemistryとイネへの移行－ Study on physicochemical fractions of radionuclides -Fractions of 137Cs in soil and irrigation water and their transfer to rice-	塚田祥文 Hirofumi Tsukada
O-21	大環状物質を担持した固相抽出剤による水溶液中セシウムの選択的分離 Selective separation of cesium from aqueous matrix using an immobilized macrocyclic material containing solid phase extraction system	イスマイル・ラーマン Ismail Md. Mofizur. Rahman
O-22	福島第一原発事故後の放射性核種の大気拡散Modelling　－事故後の主なResearch Outputとこれからの研究予定について－ Modelling of the atmospheric dispersion of the radionuclides after the Fukushima Daiichi accident: overview of the main results of the post accidental period and the plans of the further developments in the IER	平尾茂一 Shigekazu Hirao
O-23	福島県に沈着した原発事故由来の放射性核種の集水域から河川網への流出Modelling Modelling of the washing out of the radionuclide from the watersheds to the river network in the zones of the Fukushima Daiichi atmospheric deposition in Fukushima prefecture	セルギー・キーバ Sergii Kivva
O-24	福島県の河川および貯水池の放射性核種の動態予測方と水浄化手法のモデルに基づく評価 Forecasting of radionuclide dynamics of river and reservoirs of Fukushima prefecture and model based justification of water remediation measures	マーク・ジェレズニヤク Mark Zheleznyak
	質疑応答	塚田祥文
	閉会挨拶	トーマス・ヒントン

We reported our research on environmental radioactivity conducted by researchers belonging to the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, and some invited guests gave lectures.

	タイトル	講演者	（職名等は開催当時）
開会/Opening
	Opening Remarks	Takayuki Takahashi 高橋　隆行	Director 所長
環境研紹介/Introduction of IER
	Outline and Projects by the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity	Takayuki Takahashi 高橋　隆行	Director 所長
Speciation Radiochemistry/Speciation
	環境中における放射性核種のSpeciation Radiochemistry研究とその意義 Study on Physicochemical Form of Radionuclide in the Environment and its Significance	Hirofumi Tsukada 塚田　祥文	Professor 教授
地球科学+モデル/Earth Science + model
	Earth Science Division - Main Directions of Experimental and Modeling Studies, Modeling Tools	Mark Zheleznyak マーク・ジェレズニヤク	Professor 教授
	Radiocaesium Mobility in the ≪Soil-Water≫ System - Underlying Processes. Looking at Fukushima from a Chernobyl perspective	Aleksei Konoplev アレクセイ・コノプリョフ	Project Professor 特任教授
		Valentin Golosov ヴァレンティン・ゴロゾフ	Project Professor 特任教授
	Experimental Studies of Radiosecium Wash-off from the Watersheds and Observation of its Discharge in Niidagawa River Basin	Yoshifumi Wakiyama 脇山　義史	Researcher, Center for Research in Isotopes and Environmental Dynamics, University of Tsukuba つくば大学アイソトープ環境動態研究センター研究員(4月よりIER講師）
	Modeling Studies of Cs Transport and Fate in Watersheds-Rivers-Reservoirs at Fukushima	Mark Zheleznyak マーク・ジェレズニヤク	Professor 教授
		Sergii Kivva セルギー・キーヴァ	Project Professor 特任教授
	福島県沿岸の海水および海洋生物中の放射性セシウムとトリチウムの動態 Radiocaesium and Tritium Dynamics in Seawater and Marine Biota in Coastal Region at Fukushima	Michio Aoyama 青山　道夫	Professor(Fixed-term) 教授(任期付)
放射生態学/Radioecology
	Introduction of division Radioecological transfer and effects	Kenji Nanba 難波　謙二	Vice Director 副所長
	Forest Project of IER	Vasyl Ioshchenko ヴァシル・ヨシェンコ	Project Professor 特任教授
	Interception and Storage of Deposited Radionuclides in Crops	Stefan Bengtsson ステファン・ベングトソン	Project Assistant Professor 特任助教
	Influence of Soil Bacteria on the Redistribution of Elements in the Environment	Olena Pareniuk オレナ・パレニューク	Project Assistant Professor 特任助教
	Radioactive cesium accumulation in the Body of Wild Boar	Kei Okuda 奥田　圭	Project Assistant Professor 特任助教
	New Tools for Quantifying Radiation Dose to Free-Ranging Wildlife	Thomas Hinton トーマス・ヒントン	Professor 教授
機器開発/Development
	Development of an Underwater Robot for Lake Surveying	Takayuki Takahashi 高橋　隆行	Director 所長
	Validated Mobile Gamma Spectrometry	Alan Cresswell アラン・クレスウェル	Project Associate Professor 特任准教授
特別講演とコメント/Special Lectuers
	JRODOS as an Example for a Model Decision Support System for Nuclear Emergencies	Wolfgang Raskob ウォルフガング・ラスコフ氏	Head of Group, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology(KIT) ドイツ・カールスルーエ工科大学　部門長
	Stakeholders Engagement and Involvement in Nuclear Emergency Preparedness - RODOS Driven Workshops and Exercises	Tatiana Duranova タティアナ・デュラノヴァ氏	Emergency Planning Expert, Department of Safety Analysis, Nuclear Safety Division, VUJE, Inc. スロバキア・原子力発電Facilities研究所　災害計画エキスパート
全体を通じての質疑/Q&A session
	Q & A coordinated by Prof. Nanba
閉会/Closing
	Closing Remarks	Kenji Nanba 難波　謙二	副所長