PMID- 24784739
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141107
LR  - 20140520
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 487
DP  - 2014 Jul 15
TI  - The impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on marine biota: retrospective 
      assessment of the first year and perspectives.
PG  - 143-53
LID - S0048-9697(14)00489-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.137 [doi]
AB  - An international study under the United Nations Scientific Committee on the 
      Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) was performed to assess radiological impact 
      of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) on 
      the marine environment. This work constitutes the first international assessment 
      of this type, drawing upon methodologies that incorporate the most up-to-date 
      radioecological models and knowledge. To quantify the radiological impact on 
      marine wildlife, a suite of state-of-the-art approaches to assess exposures to 
      Fukushima derived radionuclides of marine biota, including predictive dynamic 
      transfer modelling, was applied to a comprehensive dataset consisting of over 500 
      sediment, 6000 seawater and 5000 biota data points representative of the 
      geographically relevant area during the first year after the accident. The 
      dataset covers the period from May 2011 to August 2012. The method used to 
      evaluate the ecological impact consists of comparing dose (rates) to which living 
      species of interest are exposed during a defined period to critical effects 
      values arising from the literature. The assessed doses follow a highly variable 
      pattern and generally do not seem to indicate the potential for effects. A 
      possible exception of a transient nature is the relatively contaminated area in 
      the vicinity of the discharge point, where effects on sensitive endpoints in 
      individual plants and animals might have occurred in the weeks directly following 
      the accident. However, impacts on population integrity would have been unlikely 
      due to the short duration and the limited space area of the initially high 
      exposures. Our understanding of the biological impact of radiation on chronically 
      exposed plants and animals continues to evolve, and still needs to be improved 
      through future studies in the FDNPS marine environment.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Vives I Batlle, Jordi
AU  - Vives I Batlle J
AD  - Biosphere Impact Studies Unit, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre SCK*CEN, Boeretang 
      200, 2400 Mol, Belgium. Electronic address: jordi.vives.i.batlle@sckcen.be.
FAU - Aono, Tatsuo
AU  - Aono T
AD  - National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 
      263-8555, Japan.
FAU - Brown, Justin E
AU  - Brown JE
AD  - Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Grini naeringspark 13, 1332 Osteras, 
      Norway; CERAD Centre of Excellence, Grini naeringspark 13, 1332 Osteras, Norway.
FAU - Hosseini, Ali
AU  - Hosseini A
AD  - Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Grini naeringspark 13, 1332 Osteras, 
      Norway; CERAD Centre of Excellence, Grini naeringspark 13, 1332 Osteras, Norway.
FAU - Garnier-Laplace, Jacqueline
AU  - Garnier-Laplace J
AD  - Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety, Department for research and 
      expertise in environmental risks, PRP-ENV/SERIS, Cadarache, Building 159, 13115 
      Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance Cedex, France.
FAU - Sazykina, Tatiana
AU  - Sazykina T
AD  - State Institution Research and Production Association Typhoon, 4 Pobedy Str., 
      Obninsk, Kaluga Region 249038, Russian Federation.
FAU - Steenhuisen, Frits
AU  - Steenhuisen F
AD  - Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
FAU - Strand, Per
AU  - Strand P
AD  - Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Grini naeringspark 13, 1332 Osteras, 
      Norway; CERAD Centre of Excellence, Grini naeringspark 13, 1332 Osteras, Norway.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140427
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Radioactive)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Aquatic Organisms/*growth & development/*metabolism
MH  - Biota
MH  - *Fukushima Nuclear Accident
MH  - *Radiation Monitoring
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Water Pollutants, Radioactive/*metabolism
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Fukushima
OT  - Non-human biota
OT  - Radiological assessment
OT  - UNSCEAR
EDAT- 2014/05/03 06:00
MHDA- 2014/11/08 06:00
CRDT- 2014/05/03 06:00
PHST- 2014/01/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/03/31 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/03/31 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/05/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/05/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/11/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(14)00489-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.137 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jul 15;487:143-53. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.137. 
      Epub 2014 Apr 27.