Summary of Symposium on Recovery from Earthquake Disasters toward Environmental Resuscitation, organized by The Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow

Abstract

On the occasion of one year after the huge earthquake disaster in the eastern part of Japan, the symposium on recovery from the earthquake disaster toward environmental resuscitation was held in Sendai city on 15th May, 2012, which was organized by the Japanese Society for Multiphase Flow (JSMF). In the symposium, the five interesting and profitable invited talks were presented, focusing on the environmental recovery from both the far-reaching radioactive contaminations due to the severe accident of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants and the tsunami disasters in the seaside. This summary describes the planning and the status of the symposium, the opening address from the president of the JSMF, and the outlines of the five presentations.