Session 6 Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions

Program Chairs: Ted Yamada , Yamada Science & Art Corporation ; Hiroaki Kondo , National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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Saturday, 5 January 2013

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 5 January 2013


Registration for Student Conference and Short Course
Location: 4th Street Atrium (Austin Convention Center)

Sunday, 6 January 2013

8:30 AM-9:20 AM: Sunday, 6 January 2013

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Session 1
Overview
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions
Cochairs: Ted Yamada, Yamada Science & Art Corporation, Santa Fe, NM; Hiroaki Kondo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba,
8:30 AM
Welcoming Remarks

9:20 AM-10:20 AM: Sunday, 6 January 2013

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Session 2
Source Term Estimation
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions
Chair: Ryohji Ohba, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fukahorimachi, Nagasaki
9:20 AM
2.1
The Challenges and Methods for Source Term Estimation of the Airborne Radiation Release from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant
Paul Bieringer, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Annunzio, L. M. Rodriguez, B. Kosovic, F. Vandenberghe, G. Young, and S. E. Haupt
10:00 AM
2.3
Radioactive Nuclei Emission Analysis from Fukushim Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant by Inverse Model
Takashi Maki, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Y. Tanaka, T. T. Sekiyama, M. Kajino, Y. Igarashi, and M. Mikami

10:20 AM-10:40 AM: Sunday, 6 January 2013


Coffee Break
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)

10:40 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013

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Session 3
Observations
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions
Chair: Joseph Chang, Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, Arlington, VA
10:40 AM
3.1
Observation of atmospheric radioactivity in East Japan over 1 year after Fukushima nuclear plant accident
Kazuyuki Kita, Ibaraki Univeristy, Mito, Japan; and H. Tsuruta, A. Watanabe, M. Uematsu, N. Yoshida, M. Takigawa, Y. Igarashi, H. Nagabayashi, A. Shinohara, K. Sueki, A. Yokoyama, S. Higaki, M. Mikami, and Y. Onda

11:00 AM
3.2
Sizes and the Transport Media of Airborne Radiocesium Released from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Naoki Kaneyasu, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan; and H. Ohashi, F. Suzuki, T. Okuda, F. Ikemori, and N. Akata
11:20 AM
3.3
Observations of Atmospheric Radionuclides from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Tsukuba, Japan
Yasuhito Igarashi, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Kajino, Y. Zaizen, and M. Mikami

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013


Lunch Break

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013


WeatherFest
Location: Exhibit Hall 1 (Austin Convention Center)

1:00 PM-3:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013

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Session 4
Limited Area Model Analyses
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions
Cochairs: Hirohiko Ishikawa, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, ; Hiromi Yamazawa, Nagoya University, Nagoya,
1:40 PM
4.3
2:20 PM
4.5
Estimation of transport and deposition processes of radionuclides emitted from the Fukushima accident using a regional chemical transport model
Masayuki Takigawa, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; and H. Tsuruta and T. Nakajima
2:40 PM
4.6
National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center Dispersion Modeling in Response to the Fukushima Daiichi Accident
Gayle Sugiyama, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA; and J. Nasstrom, K. Foster, B. Pobanz, M. D. Simpson, P. Vogt, F. Aluzzi, and S. Homann

3:00 PM-3:20 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013


Coffee Break

3:20 PM-4:40 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013

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Session 5
Global and Ocean Model Analyses and Human Health Effects
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions
Chair: P. Huq, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
3:20 PM
5.1
Numerical analysis of the global transport of radionuclides from Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident
Taichu Y. Tanaka, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Maki, T. T. Sekiyama, Y. Igarashi, M. Kajino, and M. Mikami
3:40 PM
5.2
One year tracking of 134 Cs and 137Cs in the North Pacific Ocean released from Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP accident
Michio Aoyama, MRI, Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Kajino, T. Y. Tanaka, T. T. Sekiyama, D. Tsumune, T. Tsubono, Y. Hamajima, T. Gamo, M. Uematsu, T. Kawano, A. Murata, Y. Kumamoto, M. Fukasawa, and M. Chino

4:00 PM
5.3
NOAA's Use of GNOME for Japan Tsunami Debris Modeling
Glen Watabayashi, NOAA, Seattle, WA; and A. Macfadyen and C. Barker

4:40 PM-5:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2013

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Session 6
International Collaboration
Location: Room 12A (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Special Symposium on the Transport and Diffusion of Contaminants from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant: Present Status and Future Directions
Chair: Marko Princevac, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks