This Week's Update － What is appropriate radiation protection? (27th February, 2012)
This Week's Columns
1) It is almost one year since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. Although time has passed, anxiety about radioactivity has not disappeared from the Japanese society.
Dr. Hakumei Oh, M.D., PhD. has contributed “A Letter from a Doctor － We always follow the Oath of Hippocrates". (English translation coming soon)
As a solution for people with anxiety to radiations, Dr. Oh says they should talk these matters with doctors.
2) Takaaki Ishii, a GEPR editorial staff, provides explanation “A description of ICRP Publication 111" (English translation coming soon)
The document is called “Application of the Commission's Recommendations to the Protection of People Living in Long-term Contaminated Areas After a Nuclear Accident or Radiation Emergency"
It is important guidelines and the Japanese government refers to it.
This document points out that “Optimization", Justification" and “Involvement of key stakeholders " are important to confront nuclear accident. Japanese Government, however, has not appropriately made policy in any of the above contentions.
This Week's News
The New York Times reported "A Confused Nuclear Clean Up" at 10th Feb.
It reports on-site nuclear clean up activity from Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture. And it analyzes Japanese Government's policy on nuclear clean up.
Cost of nuclear clean up will be 1 trillion yen (about 13 billon US dollars). But its effectiveness to avoid health damages of residents is unknown.
Academic Articles
ICRP Publication 111 “Application of the Commission's Recommendations to the Protection of People Living in Long-term Contaminated Areas After a Nuclear Accident or Radiation Emergency"
This was published in 2008, and is a guideline for radioactivity protections for nuclear disasters.
