Mr. Hiroyuki
Yoshino is the Chief Director of Recuperation Department of Fukushima Network
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World Network for Saving Children from Radiation
(Transcription
by Mia)
“The ultimate aim of Fukushima Network is to
protect children from radiation.
So we do
everything we can do to achieve our goal.
The network
encourages the individuals who can act on their own initiative.
I learned the
importance of recuperation from the newsletters published by the Chernobyl Children's
Funds. The donation from the Chernobyl
children’s Funds have been used for recuperation programs.
I also knew that
children who have had their thyroid removed need to take hormones for the rest
of their lives. In Chernobyl
recuperation was the way to protect children's health …those activities have
been assisted financially by the governments.
I evacuated from
Fukushima with my family and helped to evacuate other families. Now
I'm aware that no. of family evacuating is decreasing. So my hope is that we can arrange short
recuperation programs for the children. So
that they can keep the internal exposure to radiation low.
“They started to
recuperation program in May. Once we started,
we have gradually learned that if you reach out for help people would support
and welcome us.”
“We
also got to know other evacuees in host areas who accept the newcomers. Among the evacuees, some children who were
evacuated for the summer had remained in the host city and had started a new
life there after the summer vacation ended. So people who could evacuate were already doing
so during the summer. Then those who missed the summer time couldn't move until
the school semester finished.”
“In March 2012,
when the school semester finished, there was another wave of recuperation
participants. Although it is true that
the radiation level goes back to the same value as before, when they return
home after recuperation, it is still possible to excrete radioactive elements
and strengthen immune system while they are in recuperation.”
“I call this
idea biological half-life．It is
the cycle which the amount of radiation in the body gets reduced as the person
stays outside of the contaminated areas.
Q: So you had knowledge
that the biological half-life of
radioactive elements is shorter for children than adults.
Mr. Yoshino: “I was
ｃｅｒｔａｉｎ that
recuperation programs would play an important role
“Initial
activity was focused on helping evacuation of family in Fukushima prefecture,
later it shifted to short term recuperation programs.
In
the evening of March 15, 2011, 24uSv/h was recorded in Fukushima city. It didn't go away for a little while. During March, the radiation level had been
2-3uSv/h.
Rather, by
introducing the word, ‘recuperation’, we wanted to encourage the parents to keep
using the programs for their children.”
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