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Tetsuji Imanaka Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University As we reported in the March/April 2013 issue of Nuke Info Tokyo (No. 153), we started on a project entitled “Assessment of the Initial Radiation Exposure to...
Nasubi Radiation-exposed Workers’ Solidarity Network Website: www.hibakurodo.net / e-mail: info@hibakurodo.net Spring labor offensive for nuclear workers in front of Maeda Corp (Tokyo). (Photo by Akira Imai) 1. Inauguration and Startup of Radiation-exposed Workers’ Solidarity...
The Fukushima nuclear disaster caused radioactive substances to be spread widely throughout the environment, and many foods were contaminated with radioactivity. Currently, even though three years have passed since the accident, the mechanisms of...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assured the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 8, 2013 that radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station were under control and did not pose any health...
Figure 1. Decontamination Zones (From the Ministry of the Environment website) Decontamination is now ongoing in many areas, including Fukushima. This article summarizes the current state of decontamination. Although we use the term “decontamination,”...
We demand the abolition of the multi-layer subcontractor system and the provision of jobs and wages for workers whose total accumulated radiation exposure has exceeded the official limit Two years have passed since the...
Independent Study for Determining Early-stage External Radiation Exposure and Thyroid Exposure due to Inhaled Radioiodine Tetsuji Imanaka, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University Immediately after the occurrence of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in March...
Protecting the safety and lives of radiation-exposed workers, who are coerced into trading their health for payments by SHIN Koichi* The Radiation-exposed Workers’ Solidarity Network was officially established on November 19, 2012 after a...
Table 1. Changes in the Standards for Radioactive Cesium Detected in Food Products Since March 2011, when the nuclear accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the contamination of food produced in...
– Focusing on low-level radiation exposure risk – Hisako Sakiyama, Takagi School and former Member of the NAIIC Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 on Sept. 2012, Photo by TEPCO It is now more than three...
