Agricultural Approaches of Remediation in Rice Fields near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant

To evaluate the environmental contamination by radioactive materials and the technologies for environmental restoration of contaminated areas after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident, a cleanup subcommittee was established in the Atomic Energy Society of Japan.We have investigated the migration behavior of cesium from the soil to brown rice by paddy field testing in an area contaminated with radioactive cesium.This paper outlines approaches to agricultural remediation used by the committee in contaminated areas near the FDNPS.