[Assessment and control of health risk caused by the radiological accident at the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant].
The accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2011, released a large amount of radioactive materials resulting in the radioactive contamination of a wide area of eastern Japan. Residents of the Fukushima prefecture experienced various unavoidable damages and fear of radiation effects on their health. A reliable communication of accurate risk assessment for residents is required as a countermeasure aimed at the reconstruction of Fukushima. Here, the current status of individual dose estimation and the issues relating to the radiation risk perception are discussed.
Department of Radiation Biology and Protection, Center for Frontier Life Sciences, Nagasaki University.
Naoki
N
Matsuda
Naoko
N
Morita
Miwa
M
Miura
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D004189:Disaster Planning; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014915:Whole-Body Counting
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants