Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria saabubakar2@live.utm.my sadiqulkafawi4real@yahoo.co.uk
  • 2 Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Physics, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
Radiat Prot Dosimetry, 2015 Feb;163(2):238-50.
PMID: 24827576 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu158

Abstract

This study assesses the 'radio-ecological' impacts of Fukushima nuclear accident on non-human biota using the ERICA Tool, which adopts an internationally verified methodology. The paper estimates the impacts of the accident on terrestrial and marine biota based on the environmental data reported in literature for Japan, China, South Korea and the USA. Discernible impacts have been detected in the marine biota around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. This study confirms that the Fukushima accident had caused heavier damage to marine bionts compared with terrestrial flora and fauna, in Japan.

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