Thoughts, perceptions and concerns of coastal residents regarding the discharge of tritium-containing treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 2436 - 10
• Main Authors: Hande, Varsha, Orita, Makiko, Matsunaga, Hitomi, Kashiwazaki, Yuya, Xiao, Xu, Schneider, Thierry, Lochard, Jacques, Taira, Yasuyuki, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.12.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Anxiety; Child; Decision making; Decontamination; Environmental aspects; Evacuations & rescues; Females; Fisheries; Fishing zones; Fukushima; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Genetic effects; Health aspects; Humans; Japan; Marine ecosystems; Mental Health; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear energy; Nuclear Power Plants; Pacific Ocean; Perceptions; Public health; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Radiation; Radioactive decontamination; Recovery; Regression analysis; Risk levels; Risk perception; Seawater; Tourism; Towns; Treated water; Tritium; Water; Water discharge; Japan; Pacific Ocean; Water; Fukushima; Marine ecosystems; Tritium; Public health; Radiation

As a part of the decontamination process after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident of 2011, 1.32 million tonnes of tritium-containing water will be discharged from the power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Although radiobiological impacts of the treated water discharge on the public and...