and partially supported this study. Dr. B. Harms of the Department of Environment
and Resource Management, Brisbane, provided a natrojarosite sample.
In relation to Chap. 6, many people, agencies, local governments, and private
companies provided support and cooperation for our research projects. These
include Professors M. Saito, Y. Nakai, T. Ito, and T. Takahashi and Assistant
Professor M. Omura of Tohoku University; farmland owners Mrs. S. Hiratsuka
and H. Sasaki; Dr. H. Sugimoto of the Obayashi Corporation Technical Research
Institute; Sendai City staff; Miyagi Prefecture staff; the Japan Science and Technology Agency; Asahi Industries Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary; the Naito Foundation; and
the Kureha Corporation. Professors T. Nakanishi and K. Tanoi and Dr. N. Kobayashi
of the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Tokyo University, contributed to the survey of radioactive particles in sidebar deposits using the imaging
plate. Dr. A. Takeda of the Institute for Environmental Sciences of Japan cooperated
with us in the imaging plate procedure. Mr. A. Hio of Tohoku University operated
the γ-ray spectrometer. Mrs. K. Kurita and T. Yamaguchi of the Japan Broadcasting
Corporation collaborated on soil sampling. The National Institute for Materials
Science and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency supported the radiocesium studies
in Miyagi, Fukushima, and Niigata Prefectures. The former National Institute of
Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, provided the apatite samples.
Regarding the whole monograph, students and staff of the Soil Science Laboratory, Tohoku University, collaborated on sampling and analyses of soils, and
Ms. K. Ito and the late Mr. T. Sato of Tohoku University helped operate the electron
microscopes. Dr. Mei Hann Lee of Springer Japan offered fine support and technical
assistance that facilitated the publishing of this monograph. This work was partly
supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17K07693.
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
March 2018
Masami Nanzyo
Hitoshi Kanno
viii
Acknowledgments
and Resource Management, Brisbane, provided a natrojarosite sample.
In relation to Chap. 6, many people, agencies, local governments, and private
companies provided support and cooperation for our research projects. These
include Professors M. Saito, Y. Nakai, T. Ito, and T. Takahashi and Assistant
Professor M. Omura of Tohoku University; farmland owners Mrs. S. Hiratsuka
and H. Sasaki; Dr. H. Sugimoto of the Obayashi Corporation Technical Research
Institute; Sendai City staff; Miyagi Prefecture staff; the Japan Science and Technology Agency; Asahi Industries Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary; the Naito Foundation; and
the Kureha Corporation. Professors T. Nakanishi and K. Tanoi and Dr. N. Kobayashi
of the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Tokyo University, contributed to the survey of radioactive particles in sidebar deposits using the imaging
plate. Dr. A. Takeda of the Institute for Environmental Sciences of Japan cooperated
with us in the imaging plate procedure. Mr. A. Hio of Tohoku University operated
the γ-ray spectrometer. Mrs. K. Kurita and T. Yamaguchi of the Japan Broadcasting
Corporation collaborated on soil sampling. The National Institute for Materials
Science and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency supported the radiocesium studies
in Miyagi, Fukushima, and Niigata Prefectures. The former National Institute of
Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, provided the apatite samples.
Regarding the whole monograph, students and staff of the Soil Science Laboratory, Tohoku University, collaborated on sampling and analyses of soils, and
Ms. K. Ito and the late Mr. T. Sato of Tohoku University helped operate the electron
microscopes. Dr. Mei Hann Lee of Springer Japan offered fine support and technical
assistance that facilitated the publishing of this monograph. This work was partly
supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17K07693.
Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
March 2018
Masami Nanzyo
Hitoshi Kanno
viii
Acknowledgments