title: Preparing a scientific report to the general assembly on 'exposures due to the nuclear accident following the Great East-Japan earthquake and tsunami'.
abstract: At its 58th session in May 2011, the United Nations Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) decided to carry out, once sufficient information was available, a full assessment of the levels of exposure and radiation risks attributable to the Fukushima accident. It envisages a preliminary document for consideration at its 59th session in May of 2012 and a more complete report for the 60th session of the Committee in 2013. This paper summarises the aims and objectives of the project, the scope, the working arrangements as well as the relation of the work to other activities.
authors.affiliation: Chair of UNSCEAR, Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. wweiss@bfs.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058028:Research Report; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D057192:Tsunamis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout