Preliminary dose estimation from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Title: Preliminary dose estimation from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Author: WHO

Reference: 2012

Keywords: World Health Organization (WHO), Fukushima

Abstract: The earthquake and tsunami in Japan on 11 March 2011 led to releases of radioactive material into the environment from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear site. This report describes a preliminary estimate of radiation doses to the public resulting from this accident. These doses are assessed for different age groups in locations around the world, using assumptions described in the report.

The dose assessment forms one part of the overall health risk assessment being carried out by WHO of the global impact of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The health risk assessment is the subject of a separate WHO report published in February 2013.

URL: http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/fukushima_dose_assessment/en/index.html

Chernobyl: An Unbelievable Failure to Help

Title: Chernobyl: An Unbelievable Failure to Help

Author: Rosalie Bertell

Reference: International Journal of Health Services March 2008, Vol. 38(3), pp. 543-60.

Keywords: The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA), World Health Organization (WHO)

Abstract: The disaster at the Chernobyl power reactor near Kiev, which began on 26 April 1986, at 1:21 AM, was one of the worst industrial accidents ever suffered in the world. Yet the global community, which is usually most generous in pouring out aid to a stricken community, has been slow to understand the scope of this disaster and to reach out to the most devastated people of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. It is the purpose of this discussion to probe the causes of the confusion of perception and failure of response to the needs of these victims. Clearly the problem is one of communication, and the true picture has not been well communicated to concerned people of all countries and faiths.

URL: http://www.ratical.org/radiation/Chernobyl/CaUFtH.html