A study on internal radiation exposure due to 137Cs caused by Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident

Tomoyuki Furutani; Masaharu Tsubokura; Keisuke Uehara; Masahiko Nihei; Yu Sakuma

doi:10.20965/jdr.2013.p0756

A study on internal radiation exposure due to ¹³⁷Cs caused by Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident

Tomoyuki Furutani, Masaharu Tsubokura, Keisuke Uehara, Masahiko Nihei, Yu Sakuma

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Abstract

This paper aims to clarify the effect of ¹³⁷Cs internal exposure after the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident. Using data of approximately 34,000 examinees of a whole-body counter conducted by the Hirata Central Hospital from October 11, 2011 to January 31, 2013, the relationship between internal radiation dose and food ingestion is empirically and quantitatively demonstrated. As a result, elderly people who lived near the Fukushima NPPs and have daily eaten local rice and fungi have a tendency to display higher internal radiation dose.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	756-761
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Disaster Research
Volume	8
Issue number	SPL.EDN
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2013.p0756
Publication status	Published - 2013 Sept

Keywords

Internal radiation dose
The Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident
Whole-body counter (WBC)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Engineering (miscellaneous)

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