Title: A tale of two forests: addressing postnuclear radiation at Chernobyl and Fukushima
Author: Winifred A. Bird and Jane Braxton Little
Reference: Environ Health Perspect. 2013 March; 121(3): a78–a85.
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a78
Keywords: forest, Fukushima, Chernobyl
Abstract: To report this story, Jane Braxton Little traveled to Chernobyl, and Winifred A. Bird made numerous trips to the Fukushima area. For Little, whose Harvard MA is in Japanese cultural history, it was the Fukushima accident that sparked her interest in how radiation affects ecosystems and led to her first visit to Ukraine. Bird has been living in Japan and writing about natural resource issues since 2005; in July 2011 she reported for EHP on chemical contamination following the Tohoku tsunami and earthquake. Seeing the effects of the accidents firsthand and interviewing residents and cleanup workers on the ground deepened the partners’ understanding of the management issues and the underlying science.
Abstract: Ionizing radiation during pregnancy can negatively impact a fetus. In light of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan, we discuss existing knowledge on the health effects of radiation and preventive measures for pregnant women. Overall, the risk of exposure to radiation is limited but severe defects can result from fetal radiation exposure >100 mGy equivalent to 10 rad (>1000 chest x-rays). While such high-level exposure rarely occurs during single medical diagnostic procedures, caution should be exercised for pregnant women. As a protective public health measure in light of a disaster, evacuation, shielding, and elimination of ingested radioactive isotopes should all be considered. Detailed radiation reports with health effects and precautionary measures should be available for a population exposed to more than background radiation.
Abstract: On March 11, 2011 came the horrific earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and the escalating crisis at the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. As the Fukushima accident unfolded and the extent of radioactive contamination was revealed (?!), the world wondered: Is this another Chernobyl? A month after the earthquake the Japanese government classified the accident as a Category 7 disaster, the same as Chernobyl. No doubt comparisons with Chernobyl will be elaborated, negotiated, challenged, and rejected as the situation develops at Fukushima Daiichi. For now, the renewed awareness of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident–which coincides with the event’s 25th “anniversary”–provides an opportunity to ponder the multiple kinds of fallout the disaster produced: health, environmental, social, cultural, and political.
Abstract: Researcher of the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster Kiyohiko Mabuchi (US National Cancer institute) says, there might be little increase of carcinoma among liquidators of Fukushima. Comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl, the exposure dose in Japan is much lower than the latter.
Abstract: [The nuclear accident occurred at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) (March 11, 2011) similarly to the accident at the Chernobyl NPP (April 26, 1986) is related to the level 7 of the INES. It is of interest to make an analysis of the radionuclide composition of the fallout following both accidents. The results of the spectrometric measurements were used in the following comparative analysis. …]
Keywords: RADIOISOTOPES ,MARINE pollution, CHERNOBYL,JAPAN, UKRAINE,FUKUSHIMA Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
Abstract: The article focuses on the clean-up strategies related to the damaged nuclear reactors of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Environmental and radiological health expert at Colorado State University Ward Whicker suggest that sampling efforts in the locations of the nuclear accident are necessary to monitor radionuclides concentration in the marine environment. Moreover, similar strategy at Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in Ukraine in 1986 is being considered.
Title: Fukushima nuclear power plant and your health ryugakusei [互換モード].
Research Institute for Radiation Biology & Medic
Author: Toshiya Inaba
Reference: [PDF-816K]Apr 2011 Keywords: Fukushima
Abstract: .. –Radiation and radioactive materials released from the nuclear power plant -Contamination of air, water, and food with radioactive materials. -Radiation and health.
Irradiation from inside) Chernobyl Groundburst Wind…citizens ~4000 thyroidcancer, mainly children…mSv Air Fallout Chernobyl Wind Why thyroidcancer ? Xenon-133…Internal exposure ChernobylThyroidcancer ~4000 No significant…
Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, 31 (2), p.167-176, Jun 2011
doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/31/2/E02
Keywords: Fukushima
Abstract: …arising from the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station 25 years…for a worker of a serious cancer resulting from a whole-body…of stable iodine floods the thyroid gland and blocks the uptake by the thyroid of 131 I, although the timing…
Abstract: ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for evaluation of individual doses to evacuees. ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for validation of ecological dosimetric models, rejection dubious dose rate records. ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for risk assessment of leukemia among Chernobyl clean-up workers (liquidators). ► Retrospective dosimetry in Chernobyl was applied for study of cataracts among liquidators. ► Experience of dose reconstruction in Chernobyl could be used for retrospective assessment of exposures in Fukushima.
Abstract: …prevailing wind. The Chernobyl reactor was completely…330km Gomel ~130km Chernobyl The Distribution of Cesium…of Radiation from the Chernobyl Disaster 1. When the…about 1,800 cases of thyroidcancer in children according…
