The Third Citizen-Scientist International Symposium on Radiation Protection 第三回市民科学者国際会議 October 13-14 Tokyo

福島第一原発事故の放射線被曝による健康影響を科学的に究明し、対策を実現するために～ This symposium aims at scientifically examining the health effects of exposure to radiation resulting from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster, and realizing the implementation of health protection measures. The purpose of the Third Citizen-Scientist International Symposium is to provide citizen scientists from within and outside of Japan with an opportunity of discussing health effects from radiation and prevention measures, thus contributing to the establishment of an extensive international network for radiation protection. […] Currently, the Japanese government is taking steady steps to restart nuclear power plants in Japan and to export Japanese nuclear power technologies to other countries. On the other hand, dozens of years is expected to be spent to settle the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors to a stable condition…… At the Fukushima disaster site, no effective solutions have been found to handle the increasing volumes of contaminated water. Onsite workers, who are already immense in number and expected to increase further, are operating under extremely severe conditions, where they can be exposed to radiation. During the dozens of years spent to handle the crippled reactors, an adverse event may occur unexpectedly. Many people are concerned about the recurrence of the days when they will need to lead a life while fearing radiation. In spite of these gloomy expectations, the Japanese government and the radiation experts hired by it say, in the guise of science, that low dose radiation hardly has effects on health, and are talking evacuees into returning to the areas whose yearly dose is determined to be under 20mSv/year by the government and experts………. Under the name of “communication opportunities with stakeholders including locals,” the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is holding seminars that deliver one-sided views. The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects on Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) released a report telling “No Health Effects attributable to radiation exposure have been observed,” based on the dose estimates presented in discussion with the radiation experts designated as representatives by the Japanese government, supporting the Japanese government’s actions. The disguise used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the U.S. atomic bombing, in the three Chernobyl-hit countries which were formerly part of the Soviet Union, and in many sites of calamity where nuclear weapons were developed o tested, is being repeated here. […] For more details: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BytLTOi-FEmhU05wT3h1M04wXzg/edit?pli=1