Radiological Protection of People and the Environment in the Event of a Large Nuclear Accident


Draft document: Radiological Protection of People and the Environment in the Event of a Large Nuclear Accident
Submitted by Naoki KUBO, Dr
Commenting as an individual

From our country, some of excellent papers have been published. Please be sure to cite the following papers, and please take time to consider carefully.

  • Suetake M, Nakano Y, Furuki G, Ikehara R, Komiya T, Kurihara E, Morooka K, Yamasaki S, Ohnuki T, Horie K, Takehara M, Law GTW, Bower W, Grambow B, Ewing RC, Utsunomiya S. Dissolution of radioactive, cesium-rich microparticles released from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in simulated lung fluid, pure-water, and seawater. Chemosphere. 2019;233:633-644, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.248.
  • Abe Y, Iizawa Y, Terada Y, Adachi K, Igarashi Y, Nakai I. Detection of Uranium and Chemical State Analysis of Individual Radioactive Microparticles Emitted from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Using Multiple Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Analyses. Analytical Chemistry. 2014;86(17):8521-8525, doi: 10.1021/ac501998d.
  • Adachi K, Kajino M, Zaizen Y, Igarashi Y. Emission of spherical cesium-bearing particles from an early stage of the Fukushima nuclear accident. Scientific Reports. 2013;3, doi: 10.1038/srep02554.
  • Onuma Y, Hayashi M, Hayashi H, Nishihara S. Radioisotope decontamination of X-ray detector (photostimulable phosphor plate). Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology. 2012;68(3):277-282, doi: 10.6009/jjrt.2012_JSRT_68.3.277. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jjrt/68/3/68_3_277/_pdf/-char/ja
  • (Postscript: Effective dose is inadequate in this Draft Document. Because, use of effective dose might underestimate risks for especially non-cancer death/diseases. The non-cancer death/diseases are described in ICRP Publication 118. Therefore, levels should be indicated by contamination types and radioactivity levels in this Draft Document. In this postscript, it may be needless to add that radionuclides released from the Chernobyl accident have been dispersed throughout the Northern hemisphere, and its effects continue to be present.
    I believe the pride of ICRP in health physics.)


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