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30 years radiation health monitoring for 2 million Fukushima residents

Residents in the Fukushima region have expressed growing concern surrounding the possible longterm health risks, in particular for children, triggered by the on-going nuclear power plant crisis.

Two million Fukushima residents to undergo radiation health checks Telegraph By Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo, 21 June 11 More than two million residents living in the region surrounding Japan’s damaged nuclear power plant will undergo longterm health checks starting from this month.  20 Jun 2011 The health of residents in Fukushima prefecture in northeast Japan will be monitored over the next 30 years in order to ease growing concerns surrounding radiation contamination.

The project is believed to be unprecedented in terms of the number of residents involved and the predicted time span of three decades during which their health will be monitoreResidents are expected to receive questionnaires to determine the degree of their contamination risks, with subsequent tests including examinations for internal radiation contamination.

The health checks will start at the end of the month, focusing firstly on 28,000 residents in the three communities currently nearest to the power plant – Iitake village, Kawamata and Namie – before expanding across the region.

The findings will be stored on a database created by Fukushima Medical University in order to monitor the longterm potential effects of radiation exposure in the region.

Residents in the Fukushima region have expressed growing concern surrounding the possible longterm health risks, in particular for children, triggered by the on-going nuclear power plant crisis.

Plans for the health checks were confirmed at a weekend meeting by Fukushima prefectural government authorities in response to growing local concern surrounding the health implications of the on-going nuclear crisis……..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8585961/Two-million-Fukushima-residents-to-undergo-radiation-health-checks.html

June 22, 2011 - Posted by | - Fukushima 2011, health, Japan

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  1. IN FACT 30 YEARS MEANS 2040 ROUGHLY JAPAN 2 MILLION RESIDENT MONITORING FOR RADIATIONS
    AS JAPAN IS EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREA AND SURROUNDED BY SEA IF IN FUTURE AGAIN SEA DANGER
    JAPAN MUST AVOIDE AND LIKE GERMANY TO CLOSE NUC REACTORS DECISION IS NECESSARY THOUGH
    AT IAEA JAPAN DECLARES THAT WITHOUT NUCLEAR JAPAN LIFE IS DIFFICUILT BUT IN ACCIDENTAL CASE JAPAN MAY SUFFER MORE SO ANTINUCLEAR POLICY IS TOO MUCH NECESSARY TO PROTECT JAPAN POPULATION

    PRAMOD DESHPANDE
    SENIOR SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
    ATOMIC ENERGY INDIA
    2011 JUNE 24

    PRAMOD DESHPANDE's avatar Comment by PRAMOD DESHPANDE | June 24, 2011 | Reply


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