International Symposium on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICTSD 2016)

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    Continues monitoring of environmental radioactivity in the area polluted by the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident 2011 and disclosure of the data to public through the Internet
    (Department of Zoology and Environmental Management, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2016) Fuse, M.; Miura. S.; Ozawa, S.
    The Internet has become a powerful communication media. In authors’ previous paper, it has been shown that the Internet can be a good risk communication tool in panic situations caused by natural disasters. The present paper deals with the role of the media in the recovering process from the disaster. It is five years since the earthquake of the magnitude 9.0 occurred at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Northern Japan. There occurred nuclear accidents triggered by the tsunami at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants (FNPP). They experienced wide range of radioactive contaminations. Many people had to evacuate from the polluted lands. Even today, about 100,000 people in the Fukushima Prefecture cannot come back to their home lands. The National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College (NITFC) is located at 40km south of the FNPP. About 100 students (10% of total students) had their home lands in the risky 30km region from the FNPP. Some staffs and students of NITFC have been monitoring the radioactivity of their environment since just after the accident and they continued to open their data to public through the Internet. This paper discusses influence of giving different source data to the public beside the official governmental data regarding the radioactivity of the environment.
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    Use of ICT for monitoring environment radioactivity and decontamination of sea water polluted by Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident
    (Department of Zoology and Environmental Management, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2016) Ishizaki, E.; Fuse, M.; Minato, A.; Itaba, M.; Ozawa, S.
    The Fukushima radioactive contamination has occurred by the nuclear plant accident which was caused by the earthquake and tsunami attack in March 2011. The various recovering efforts have been carried out in the last five years. This paper deals with decontamination of radioactive sea water and monitoring of environmental radioactivity. The method of radioactive decontamination of land is scratching the surface of land and mechanical removals of the contaminated soil. The effect of this method is discussed by comparing with the monitoring data of environmental radioactivity. The decontamination of radioactive sea water is based on adsorption of radioactive materials on molecular sheave adsorber. The development of a new adsorber and a plant for the decontamination of radioactive sea water was considered. ICT has been conveniently used in the designing and testing processes of the plant. What we learnt from the recovering processes from the radioactive contamination has been accumulated in the KISSEL (Knowledge Integration Servers for E-Learning) servers. The knowledge can be shared with various people in Asia Pacific countries. It will be used in future in educational purposes as well as in research activities of environmental sciences.
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    Mobile Applications for Language Education in the Pacific
    (Department of Zoology and Environmental Management, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2016) Ualesi, E.T.; Ozawa, S.
    The rapid developments and usage of mobile apps worldwide prompts the idea of producing a mobile app particularly for language education. This study shows the development of a basic language education app to assist learners who are interested in learning some of the Pacific Languages. Most islanders living abroad cannot speak their native languages fluently especially the young children. Nowadays, nearly every person has access to mobile devices and it is not only a tool for communication but for learning. In this study, we used the Android platform to design and build a simple language app which is then implemented and tested. It is then released for distribution subsequently for users to download. The evaluation will be based on the user’s feedback and reviews after they used the app. Positive results were expected and were also achieved. Many users are interested in these mobile applications and are requesting more features to be added. This is taken as further consideration and will be another extended project to improve future mobile learning in the Pacific.