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The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) on 9 March released its 2020 Report, “Levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Implications of information published since the UNSCEAR 2013 Report”. UNSCEAR Chair Gillian Hirth noted: “Since the UNSCEAR 2013 Report, no adverse health effects among Fukushima residents have been documented that could be directly attributed to radiation exposure from the accident.” Twelve UNSCEAR Member States and one observer contributed with over 30 experts to the 2020 evaluation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 12 March 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsunscear-report-says-no-discernible-health-effects-expected-following-fukushima-accident-8592017
A major study of irradiation caused by the Fukushima accident in March 2011 has found that almost everyone exposed to radiation are unlikely to have an increased risk of cancer. They were published by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 03 April 2014
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsunscear-study-suggests-fukushima-radiation-health-risks-negligible-4208556
The major UN report on the health impacts of the Fukushima accident concluded that any radiation-induced effects would be too small to identify. People were well protected and received "low or very low" radiation doses.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 02 April 2014
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UN-reports-on-Fukushima-radiation
The United Nations is to adopt advice on radiation that clarifies what can be said about its health effects on individuals and large populations. A preliminary report has also found no observable health effects from last year's nuclear accident in Fukushima.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 10 December 2012
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UN-approves-radiation-advice
A preliminary report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated the radiation doses that residents of Japan have received in the year following the accident at Fukushima Daiichi. Dose rates in most Fukushima homes outside the 20 kilometre evacuation zone were comparable to reference levels for radon.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 24 May 2012
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/WHO-on-Fukushima-doses
TEPCO, operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, has announced it plans to start a water treatment system for the flooded units 1-4 by 15 June. In addition, a desalination plant will also start up by then.
Schematic of height differential of Fukushima Daiichi reactor buildings demonstrates the extent of the water flooding problem; connections between units 1&2, (and also units 3&4), allow water heights to equalise in different buildings.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 06 June 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstepco-releases-contaminated-water-tank-construction-schedule-721
Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has released a map of the projected accumulated radiation dose rate in the air through March 11, 2012.
The map was produced by Japanese government nuclear department MEXT, and is reprinted from the Asahi Shimbun newspaper
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 04 May 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsjapan-predicts-radiation-spread
Electrical utility TEPCO has begun large-scale spraying of the Fukushima Daiichi site with a resin to prevent the spread of radiologically-contaminated dust.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 27 April 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstepco-begins-spraying-ground
At unit 2, water with surface radiation of greater than 1000 mSv/hr was found leaking into the sea on April 2.
Reactor-by-reactor, system-by-system summary from JAIF on 4 April. Yellow indicates abnormal/unstable; red means damaged/nonfunctional/unsafe
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 04 April 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsleak-into-sea-found-at-fukushima-daiichi-site-721
Work to restore electricity at Fukushima-Daiichi was halted yesterday when white vapor (steam or smoke) was seen rising from the top of units 2 and 3.
Reactor-by-reactor, system-by-system summary from JAIF on 22 March; yellow indicates abnormal/unstable; red means damaged/nonfunctional/unsafe
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2011
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssmoke-halts-reconnection-work