Essential health risk communication for recovery after lifting evacuation orders following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 11071 - 10
• Main Authors: Orita, Makiko, Tanaka, Kazutaka, Amir, Isamu, Matsunaga, Hitomi, Kashiwazaki, Yuya, Xiao, Xu, Akata, Naofumi, Miura, Tomisato, Kashiwakura, Ikuo, Ito, Naomi, Abe, Toshiki, Tamaki, Tomoaki, Takamura, Noboru, Tokonami, Shinji, Tsubokura, Masaharu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/308/174; 692/700/478; Communication; Disaster Planning - methods; Disasters; Electric power; Emergency preparedness; Evacuation; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Health Communication - methods; Health promotion; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Japan; multidisciplinary; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear Power Plants; Public health; Radiation; Radiation Exposure; Radiation Protection; Recovery; Risk communication; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Japan; Disasters; Recovery; Risk communication

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, managed by the Tokyo Electric Power Company experienced a catastrophic accident in 2011 that led to widespread public anxiety regarding radiation exposure and the long-term impacts of evacuation. The recovery process has considerably varied across the affec...