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Date: 31 May 2013 16:00:01 -0400
Subject: JAPAN'S 2011 NUCLEAR DISASTER 'UNLIKELY' TO HAVE FUTURE
HEALTH AFFECTS, SAYS DRAFT UN REPORT
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JAPAN'S 2011 NUCLEAR DISASTER 'UNLIKELY' TO HAVE FUTURE HEALTH
AFFECTS, SAYS DRAFT UN REPORTNew York, May 31 2013 4:00PMRadiation
leaked after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011 is unlikely to
make the general public and the majority of workers sick, a United
Nations scientific committee today said previewing a new report.
"Radiation exposure following the nuclear accident at
Fukushima-Daiichi did not cause any immediate health effects," the UN
Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) today
said in a news release.
"It is unlikely to be able to attribute any health effects in the
future among the general public and the vast majority of workers," the
Vienna-based committee added.
The finding comes from a report in which more than 80 leading
international scientists analysed the available information on the
levels and effects of exposure following the March 2011 events in
Japan.
That draft report was scrutinized by 27 countries on the Scientific
Committee during its 60th session which started on 27 May, and is now
being revised and finalized for presentation to the UN General
Assembly.
"The Report has the full confidence of the Committee," said the
UNSCEAR chair, Carl-Magnus Larsson.
The actions taken to protect the public, such as evacuations and
sheltering, significantly reduced the radiation exposures that would
have otherwise been received, concluded the Committee.
"These measures reduced the potential exposure by up to a factor of
10. If that had not been the case, we might have seen the cancer rates
rising and other health problems emerging over the next several
decades," said Wolfgang Weiss, Chair, UNSCEAR report on radiological
Impact of the Fukushima-Daiichi accident.
The committee added that no radiation-related deaths or acute effects
have been observed among the nearly 25,000 workers at the accident
site, nor it is likely that excess cases of thyroid cancer due to
radiation exposure would be detectable.
A 9.0-magnitude earthquake created a tsunami that in addition to
killing 20,000 people, slammed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power station, disabling cooling systems and leading to fuel meltdowns
in three of the six units. The incident was reported to be the worst
nuclear accident since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
The committee drew on lessons from that disaster during their
discussions this week.
"The experience from the 1986 Chernobyl accident has shown us that
apart from any direct impact on physical health, the social and
societal effects, and their associated health consequences in the
affected population will need special attention in the coming years,"
Mr. Larsson said, noting the importance of long-term medical
follow-up.
In addition, he cautioned about the impact of stress, "Families are
suffering, and people have been uprooted and are concerned about their
livelihoods and futures, the health of their children…it is these
issues that will be the long-lasting fallout of the accident."
In addition, the session focused specifically on the potential impact
of radiation on children, which are affected differently by radiation.
"More research is needed to fully understand the risks and effects
following childhood exposure to radiation," said Fred Mettler, Chair,
UNSCEAR Report on Effects of Radiation Exposure on Children.
In February, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) released a report
in which it argued that health risks associated with the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant incident in Japan such as cancer are low
overall.
The "Health Risk Assessment from the nuclear accident after the 2011
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami based on preliminary dose
estimation" reported, however, that for people in the most
contaminated area, the report estimates that there is a 70 per cent
higher risk of females exposed as infants of developing thyroid cancer
over their lifetimes.
In addition, the risk of leukemia increased by 7 per cent for males
exposed as infants, and for infant females there is a six per cent
higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The report also notes that
one third of the emergency workers who were inside the Fukushima
nuclear power plant have an increased risk of cancer.
Meanwhile, a UN-organized four-day workshop on further strengthening
nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and response
capability today wrapped up in Fukushima.
More than 40 participants from 18 countries took part in the Response
and Assistance Network (RANET) workshop organized by the UN
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The workshop is the first activity conducted by the IAEA RANET
Capacity Building Centre which opened earlier this month.
The Centre, created by the UN agency and the Government of Japan, is
home to several IAEA activities aimed at enhancing emergency
preparedness and response capacity, both in Japan and worldwide, in
light of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power plant accident.May 31
2013 4:00PM
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