The Relation between imaging of soil structure with GPR and depth profile of radioactive cesium

Watanabe, Takayoshi ; Mitachi, Katsuaki; Abe, Hironobu ; Niizato, Tadafumi  

Radionuclides such as radioactive cesium, now the main radiological contributor, were released in the environment by the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Japan Atomic Energy Agency initiated a project entitled "Long-Term Assessment of Transport of Radioactive Contaminant in the Environment of Fukushima" (F-TRACE project) in November 2012. To understand radioactive cesium transport in forest, we have conducted forest investigation at Ogi district, Kawauchi Village and Yamakiya district, Kawamata Town, Fukushima Prefecture since December 2012. As a part of the investigation, we carried out geophysical exploration of soil structure with ground penetrating radar (GPR) with 100 MHz and 500 MHz radio wave. In this presentation, we report correlation between imaging of soil structure obtained by GPR survey and depth profile of radioactive cesium in soil.