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BOOKLET to Provide Basic Information Regarding Health Effects of Radiation (3rd edition)

WHO Reports and UNSCEAR 2013 Report (1/3)
Comparison of Assessments (1/2): Overview

WHO Reports and UNSCEAR 2013 Report (1/3) Comparison of Assessments (1/2): Overview_Figure

Reports by the World Health Organization (WHO) on dose estimation and health risk assessment*1 and the 2013 Annual Report by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) *2 are compared and their outlines and key points are introduced here.

The purpose of the WHO Reports is to estimate people's exposure doses for the first one year after the accident and identify areas requiring emergency measures. Therefore, the WHO provisionally assessed the residents' health risks based on limited information available and released the preliminary dose estimation report in May 2012. Later, the WHO released preliminary health risk assessment report in February 2013.

In the meantime, the UNSCEAR regularly reports the status of radiation exposure of respective countries all over the world based on its scientific review of information. It has been continuing research and analysis of the effects of the Chernobyl NPS Accident for years and it also released the report on the effects of radiation exposure caused by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi NPS in April 2014.

(Related to p.190 of Vol. 1, "WHO Reports (1/4) Outline of the WHO's Dose Assessment" and p.195 of Vol. 1, "UNSCEAR 2013 Report (2/9) Outline of Assessment of Public Exposure Doses")

 

*1: WHO Reports on preliminary dose estimation and health risk assessment:

  • Preliminary dose estimation from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2012)
  • Health risk assessment from the nuclear accident after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, based on a preliminary dose estimation (2013)

 

*2: 2013 Annual Report by the UNSCEAR:

  • SOURCES, EFFECTS AND RISKS OF IONIZING RADIATION UNSCEAR 2013, Report, Volume I, REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SCIENTIFIC ANNEX A: Levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the nuclear accident after the 2011 great east-Japan earthquake and tsunami (2013)
  • Included in this reference material on March 31, 2015
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