Nuclear disasters and health: lessons learned, challenges, and proposals

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 386; no. 9992; pp. 489 - 497
• Main Authors: Ohtsuru, Akira, Tanigawa, Koichi, Kumagai, Atsushi, Niwa, Ohtsura, Takamura, Noboru, Midorikawa, Sanae, Nollet, Kenneth, Yamashita, Shunichi, Ohto, Hitoshi, Chhem, Rethy K, Clarke, Mike
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Decision making; Disaster management; Disaster Planning - methods; Disasters; Emergency medical care; Environmental Exposure - prevention & control; Health care; Health risk assessment; Humans; Internal Medicine; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear Power Plants; Personal protective equipment; Public Health; Radiation protection; Radiation Protection - methods; Radioactive Hazard Release - psychology; Risk Assessment; Training; Workers; Japan

Past nuclear disasters, such as the atomic bombings in 1945 and major accidents at nuclear power plants, have highlighted similarities in potential public health effects of radiation in both circumstances, including health issues unrelated to radiation exposure. Although the rarity of nuclear disast...