Following the rapid response of the Japanese government to the Fukushima Accident in 2011 a large amount of soil materials were removed to temporary storage. In recent years it has been possible for people to move back to some formerly restricted zones and the rehabilitation of the region and supporting returning communities is now an urgent priority.
This short project provided independent scrutiny of indicators developed by AIST with the support of Fukushima Prefectural Center for Environmental Creation, the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology and Fukushima Medical University. These indicators have been developed to support at least semi-quantitative appraisal of options for: the use of forests contaminated with radio-caesium, decontamination conducted by national government for restricted area; and the use of farmlands once contaminated with radio-caesium and now treated.