Japan May Subject Up to 30-km Radius to N-Accident Emergency Steps

In place of the existing emergency planning zone (EPZ), set within a radius of 8-10 kilometers around a troubled nuclear plant, the group proposed a 5-kilometer-radius precautionary action zone (PAZ) and a 5-30-kilometer-radius urgent protective action planning zone (UPZ). In the wake of the acciden...

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Published inJiji Press English News Service
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo JIJI Press America, Ltd 20.10.2011
Subjects
Emergency preparedness
Evacuations & rescues
Iodine
Nuclear accidents & safety
Radiation
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Summary:In place of the existing emergency planning zone (EPZ), set within a radius of 8-10 kilometers around a troubled nuclear plant, the group proposed a 5-kilometer-radius precautionary action zone (PAZ) and a 5-30-kilometer-radius urgent protective action planning zone (UPZ). In the wake of the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nculear power plant, the government gradually expanded the evacuation zone. It ended up designating an exclusion zone and planned evacuation areas that went way beyond the 8-10-kilometer-radius EPZ.