Project IPAD, a database to catalogue the analysis of Fukushima Daiichi accident fragmental release material

Peter George Martin*, Omran Alhaddad, Yannick S R Verbelen, Yukihiko Satou, Yasuhito Igarashi, Thomas Bligh Scott

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Abstract

The 2011 accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant released a considerable inventory of radioactive material into the local and global environments. While the vast majority of this contamination was in the form of gaseous and aerosol species, of which a large component was distributed out over the neighbouring Pacific Ocean (where it was subsequently deposited), a substantial portion of the radioactive release was in particulate form and was deposited across Fukushima Prefecture. To provide an underpinning understanding of the dynamics of this catastrophic accident, alongside assisting in the off-site remediation and eventual reactor decommissioning activities, the ‘International Particle Analysis Database’, or ‘IPAD’, was established to serve as an interactive repository for the continually expanding analysis dataset of the sub-mm ejecta particulate. In addition to a fully interrogatable database of analysis results for registered users (exploiting multiple search methods), the database also comprises an open-access front-end for members of the public to engage with the multi-national analysis activities by exploring a streamlined version of the data.
Original languageEnglish
Article number282
Number of pages8
JournalScientific Data
Volume(2020)
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2020

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