title: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE EURADOS SURVEY ON INDIVIDUAL MONITORING DATA AND INTERNAL DOSE ASSESSMENTS OF FOREIGNERS EXPOSED IN JAPAN FOLLOWING THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NPP ACCIDENT.
abstract: European Radiation Dosimetry Group e.V. (EURADOS) survey on individual monitoring data and dose assessment has been carried out for 550 foreigners returning home after being exposed in Japan to intakes of radionuclides (mainly (131)I, (132)I, (132)Te, (134)Cs and (137)Cs) as a consequence of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident. In vivo and in vitro measurements were performed in their respective countries at an early stage after that accident. Intakes of radionuclides were detected in 208 persons from Europe and Canada, but the committed effective dose E(50) was below the annual dose limit for the public (<1 mSv) in all the cases. Lessons learned from this EURADOS survey are presented here regarding not only internal dosimetry issues, but also the management of the emergency situation, the perception of the risk of health effects due to radiation and the communication with exposed persons who showed anxiety and lack of trust in monitoring data and dose assessments.
authors.affiliation: CIEMAT, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas, Avda. Complutense 40, Madrid 28040, Spain ma.lopez@ciemat.es.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.affiliation: SÚRO, Bartoškova 28, Prague 4 140 00, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fojtik
authors.affiliation: IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, IRSN/PRP-HOM/SDI/LEDI, BP-17, Fontenay-aux-Roses 92262, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franck
authors.affiliation: NCBJ, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Rad. Prot. Measurement Lab. A. Sołtana, Otwock 705-400, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osko
authors.affiliation: BfS, Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, Neuherberg 85764, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gerstmann
authors.affiliation: LIA, NRW, Ulenbergstr. 127-131, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scholl
authors.affiliation: SCK-CEN, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Boeretang 200, Mol 2400, Belgium.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Lebacq
authors.affiliation: KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen 76344, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Breustedt
authors.affiliation: SSM, Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Del Risco Norrlid
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D004630:Emergencies; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005060:Europe; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D007564:Japan; D007700:Kinetics; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D014195:Travel; D057192:Tsunamis
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes